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Independence Day Meat Shop Closures in Maharashtra Face Protests and Legal Review

Opposition leaders plan mutton parties to challenge the closures with the Maharashtra government examining their legal basis.

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray called for the suspension of the KDMC commissioner for banning non-veg food and taking away the independence to decide one’s food
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Overview

  • The Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation invoked a 1988 civic resolution to order all slaughterhouses and licensed meat shops shut from midnight August 14 to midnight August 15, warning of action under sections 334, 336 and 394(A) of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act.
  • NCP MLA Jitendra Awhad decried the ban as an infringement on personal freedom and pledged a mutton party protest, while Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray called for the KDMC commissioner’s suspension.
  • Local meat sellers from communities such as the Khatik and Agri-Koli submitted memorandums warning of severe income losses and signalled intentions to defy the directive.
  • Municipal bodies in Nagpur, Malegaon and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar have issued comparable Independence Day shutdown orders, prompting questions about the scope of long-standing administrative practices.
  • Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said the government will review the orders’ statutory authority as a Telangana High Court petition challenges a similar beef-shop ban elsewhere.