Kolkata, Oct 30 (UNI) The Calcutta High Court refused to hear a plea, which sought a ban on the animal sacrifice during the Kali Puja, Court sources said on Wednesday.
A Vacation Bench comprising Biswajit Basu and Ajay Kumar Gupta, however, observed, on a PIL ( public interest litigation) filed by the Akhil Bharatiya Go Sevak Sangh, seeking to ban the sacrifice of animals in Kolkata's Bolla Kali Temple on the occasion of "Bolla Kali Puja," that the religious practices in East India differ from those in North India.
Therefore it would not be realistic to call for a restriction of practices which may have formed an "essential religious practice" for many communities.
In 2023, the High Court Division bench headed by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam, denied any interim relief to stop the animal sacrifice from taking place.
The vacation bench also observed that despite the submissions that the animal sacrifice was not an essential religious practices, what constitutes an essential practice would greatly differ between North India and East India.
The court observed that a blanket restriction cannot be ordered due to impossibility of implementation and without a clear case made out by the petitioners, and declined interim relief. It listed the matter for hearing before the regular bench, the sources added.
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