Cow Protection Should Be Fundamental Right": Allahabad High Court Order

The cow protection and promotion aren't about any one religion, but the cow is the culture of India and the work of saving the culture is of every citizen living in the country. Observing that cow should be declared a national animal and cow protection should be kept as a fundamental right of Hindus the Allahabad High Court denied bail to a 59-year-old Muslim from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district, who has been accused of slaughtering a cow. The Court also made various significant observations:

a) Fundamental Right is not only the prerogative of beef eaters, rather, those who worship the cow and are financially dependent on cows, also have the right to lead a meaningful life.

b) Eating beef can never be considered a fundamental right.

c) The cow is useful even when she is old and sick, and her dung and urine are very useful for agriculture, making of medicines, and most of all, the one who is worshiped as a mother, even if she gets old or sick. No one can be given the right to kill her.