Overview
- BMC told the court slaughterhouses in Mumbai will be shut for two days—August 24 and August 27—after reconsidering its earlier stance.
- The bench refused interim relief to Jain petitioners, issued notices to the BMC and the state, and adjourned the matter for two weeks.
- Petitioners were permitted to amend their pleas to directly challenge the BMC’s August 14 order as arbitrary or inadequately reasoned.
- The court distinguished the Supreme Court’s Hinsa Virodhak Sangh ruling as upholding a municipal decision, noting BMC’s factors such as Deonar’s role serving the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
- In a separate development, Haryana’s urban local bodies directorate appealed for a non-binding nine-day pause on slaughter and meat sales statewide from August 20 to 28.