New Delhi: A district court in Gujarat has sentenced a 22-year-old man to life imprisonment for illegally transporting cattle. In a unique order, the Principal District Judge Samir Vinodchandra Vyas said that all the problems of the earth will be solved if cow slaughter is stopped.
The legal news websites LiveLaw and Bar and Bench have reported on this November 2022 order by a Tapi court. The original order is in Gujarati. It pertains to a case of one Mohammad Ameen, who was arrested in August 2020 for transporting 16 cows, allegedly without proper arrangement for the animals to sit, eat or drink. In addition to the life imprisonment and what Bar and Bench calls ‘several lesser punishments,’ Ameen was also fined Rs 5 lakh by the court.
udge Vyas, in the order, calls the cow the holiest.
“A cow is the living planet of 68 crore holy places and 33 crore gods. The obligation of cow on the entire Universe defies description. The day when no drop of blood of cow drops on the earth all problems of earth will be solved and the well being of the earth will be established,” he says.
The judge also expresses dissatisfaction with the nature of cow protection laws in the order. Ameen was booked under several laws including the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2017, Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, Gujarat Control of Animal Transport Order, 1975 and the Gujarat Essential Commodities and Animal Control Act, 2015 and the Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015.
He also appeared to ascribe today’s problems – among which he identifies emotional issues – to the slaughter of cows.
“The problems that exist today are because of the increase of the irascibility and hot temper. The only reason for increase is the slaughter of cows. Till this is completely prohibited the saatvik climate change cannot have its effect,” the court said.
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