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Meat Shop Bans in Maharashtra Prompt Protests and Court Challenges

Political leaders have disputed the municipal orders’ legal basis, with vendors planning court challenges over the contested 1987/88 resolution.

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Imtiaz Jaleel had earlier invited all Municipal Corporation commissioners to join the Chicken Biryani and Mutton Korma party at his residence.
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Overview

  • Several municipal corporations, including Kalyan-Dombivli, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Malegaon, enforced closures of slaughterhouses and meat shops on August 15, while Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad did not impose any ban.
  • Opposition figures and meat-sellers’ associations staged demonstrations outside KDMC headquarters, displaying live poultry and facing preventive detentions under heavy police deployment.
  • AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel held a public “biryani party” to protest Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’s meat-shop closure and challenged the Chief Minister to rescind the order.
  • Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad publicly questioned the validity of a 1987/88 government resolution cited to justify the festival-day bans.
  • Vendors and rights groups have warned of uneven economic impacts and are preparing High Court petitions to contest what they call an infringement on dietary freedom.