Mumbai, May 6 (NDTV): The ban on beef and cattle slaughter will remain in Maharashtra but it will no longer be illegal to keep or eat beef from outside the state, Bombay High Court said today.
Last year, the state had enforced a complete beef ban and made the sale or consumption of the meat punishable by a five-year jail-term and Rs. 10,000 fine.
Parts of the law were struck down today.
Petitions challenged the ban saying in a cosmopolitan city like Mumbai where various cultures merge, such a ban would be impractical.
Other petitions argued that the ban violates fundamental rights of citizens.