The order came even as another bench of the court rejected the state plea urging it to lift the stay on transporting an additional 12,000 bullocks to the Deonar abattoir for Bakri Eid.
Both the petitioners, who were against the lifting of the stay, and the state tried bring up the spectre of communal tension if an order was given against their respective stands, but their arguments did not sway the high court.
"Court orders do not lead to communal trouble or law and order problem. Even after verdict in a contentious case like Ayodhya there was not a single brick thrown or a bus burnt. People of this country still have faith in the judiciary," a division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice P D Kode said. "There is no material [provided by the state government to support its claims] about communal problems. We are clear that the law has to be followed."
Around 5,500 bullocks are slaughtered at Deonar abattoir every week. The state had issued a notification allowing 12,000 more to be brought into the city for Bakri Eid, but the high court on Tuesday stayed the order.
The other petition had urged for temporary slaughterhouses on society premises, saying there were inadequate facilities at Deonar to meet the demands of the 40-lakh-strong Muslim community in the city.
Rules state that bigger animals like bullocks can only be slaughtered at the abattoir. A division bench of Justice Anoop Mohta and Justice Amjad Sayed said that while the issue needs to be looked at, no orders could be granted at the eleventh hour.
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