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Volume 6 Issue 5
September-October 2024
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Cow Protection vis-a-vis the Constitution
Author(s) | Kuvam Verma |
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Country | India |
Abstract | Bans on cow slaughter or cow protection, whichever way one interprets it has become a controversial and sensitive issue in recent years. However, this has not been merely due to the change in power in New Delhi and in various states, while political power does have a significant role to play in formulation of stringent cow protection laws and the worrying rise of cow vigilantism, there is a constitutional basis to these actions and that basis is provided by Article 48 of the Constitution. In this research paper, I endeavour to trace the history of cow protection in this country and how that culminated in the inclusion of a contentious Directive Principle. I attempt to show that there is incredible diversity in the culinary habits of the people of this country and even among those belonging to the Hindu religion, many a times this diversity is influenced by a mix of socio-cultural factors. I examine the constitutional validity of this provision in light of Supreme Court judgements as well as its congruence to the principles of freedom of religion, of profession and above all the principle of secularism and its uniquely Indian interpretation. Through all this, I make a case of amending Article 48 so as to omit the cow protectionist clause, which has covertly given validity to mob lynching and cow vigilantism. |
Keywords | Cow Slaughter, Article 48, Constitution of India Secularism |
Field | Sociology > Politics |
Published In | Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2024 |
Published On | 2024-09-06 |
Cite This | Cow Protection vis-a-vis the Constitution - Kuvam Verma - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 5, September-October 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i05.27174 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i05.27174 |
Short DOI | https://doi.org/gwfgpr |
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