India, July 7 -- The Bombay High Court on Monday questioned whether it could prohibit animal slaughter during the nine-day Jain festival 'Paryushan Parv' and cautioned that granting such a request could set a precedent for other communities to seek similar bans during their festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Navratri.

A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne was hearing a petition from a Jain community trust challenging 2024 orders by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and civic bodies of Nashik and Pune, which permitted only a one-day slaughter ban during Paryushan last year. The trust is now seeking a nine-day ban on slaughter from August 21.

Highlighting Jainism's core principle of Ahimsa (non-violenc...