Bombay High Court refuses to stay circular on animal sacrifice for Eid

The Bombay High Court last week refused to grant an interim stay on operation of a circular issued on May 29 by the Brihanmumbai Mahanagar Palika, or Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, permitting animal sacrifice at 67 private mutton shops and 47 municipal markets on Eid-al-Adha or Bakri Eid on Monday, newspapers reported. A division bench of Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Kamal R. Khata was on Thursday hearing a plea filed by the Jiv...