: Include meat in midday meals, Supreme Court tells Lakshadweep administration in interim order #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Lakshadweep administration to continue including non-vegetarian

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Include meat in midday meals, Supreme Court tells Lakshadweep administration in interim order #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Lakshadweep administration to continue including non-vegetarian food in midday meals for school children and allow the operation of dairy farms in the archipelago, Live Law reported.A bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and AS Bopanna was hearing an appeal filed by Ajmal Ahmed, a lawyer and a resident of the islands.Ahmed had challenged a September 2021 Kerala High Court verdict rejecting his public interest litigation against the Lakshadweep administration’s decision to ban meat from midday meals and to shut down dairy farms in the region.Ahmed contended that the regulations introduced by Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khoda Patel infringe upon the heritage, ethnic culture, food habits and the rights of the residents granted under the Constitution of India.His plea pointed out that Lakshadweep had been providing midday meals, including meat, since 1950s to students from pre-primary to elementary levels, Bar and Bench reported. Since 2009, non-vegetarian meals were given to students till Class 12 as well, the plea added.The introduction of a new menu without any meat items was in violation of the Right to Food under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution, the plea submitted.The petitioner also argued that the administration’s order to close down dairy farms was done with the “intention to implement the proposed Animal Preservation (Regulation),...Read more

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