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Choice of food is right to life: Allahabad HC reminds Adityanath govt

Food that is conducive to health cannot be treated as a wrong choice, says the court

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An illegal slaughterhouse in Choka Ghat area of Varanasi which was sealed by the authorities (Photo: PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has given 10 days to Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to draw up a plan so that its crackdown on illegitimate slaughterhouses does not divest people of their choice of food or livelihood. The bench has reminded the Uttar Pradesh government that in course of its restriction it must not encumber the basic rights of citizens.
 
According to Allahabad HC, food and food related habits are undisputedly associated with the right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The Court observed that food habits in UP have prospered

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