Lucknow: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh government’s ban “prohibiting the manufacturing, storage, sale, and distribution of food products with Halal certification within the State of Uttar Pradesh, except for items produced for export” with the petitioners terming it “an attack on the followers of Islam religion…”.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta issued the notice to the UP government on the plea by Halal India Private Limited, which claimed to be an “internationally recognised halal certification provider” and its director Mujakirullah.
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Central Government along with the Uttar Pradesh government seeking its response on the ban on manufacturing, sale, storage and distribution of Halal certified products in Uttar Pradesh. Jamiat Ulema-e-Maharashtra and Halal India Private Limited have filed a petition demanding the cancellation of the notification and FIR issued by the Uttar Pradesh government.
In November 2023, food products with Halal certificates were banned in Uttar Pradesh. In the order issued in this regard by the government led by CM Yogi Adityanath, it was said that the manufacturing, storage, distribution and sale of products with Halal certificate has been banned in the state with immediate effect.
In fact, the UP government was continuously receiving complaints that some companies were selling products of daily needs after getting them certified as Halal. This is being done to increase the sales of a particular product and provide economic benefits. In such a situation, to stop this disturbance, the UP government had banned them.
Products that meet the requirements of Islamic law are called Halal-certified products. Halal is an Arabic word which means permission. It is noteworthy that Halal certification was first introduced for slaughtered meat in 1974. However, there is no record of Halal certification before this.
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