The Madras High Court on Monday made it clear that the only answer it seeks from the Chennai Corporation is when the modern slaughterhouse at Perambur (Pulianthope) will start functioning. The Bench told the Additional Advocate-General that it would not permit the present situation to continue even if it meant completely banning the sale of meat in the city, where slaughtering was being done in a completely unhygienic manner.
The First Bench consisting of the Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice M. Sathyanarayanan passed the interim order on a writ petition by K.Gafoor Basha of Seven Wells who sought the closure of the abattoir as unhygienic slaughter was being carried out there.
The court said, “The public at large cannot be made to suffer on account of the quibbling between the Corporation, concessionaire and the butchers.”
“When measures have been taken to have a modern slaughterhouse, it is a pitiable state of affairs that the same is not made functional for three years.” The matter has been listed for December 22.
