Refusing to grant urgent hearing, a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, "You remembered this a day before. No urgency. Thanks."
The Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021 prohibits the trade and consumption of beef in areas that have a large population of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and other non-beef-eating communities.
A division bench dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by Sameer, through his father Shamshad, challenging his detention by the District Magistrate of Shamli.
The bench observed that no one has the right to violate the provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, and emphasised the need to maintain communal harmony.
