New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Assam government while hearing a case against a man accused of transporting beef and it "should have better things to do" than running after such persons.
A bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan stayed the criminal proceedings against the accused and posted the matter on April 16.
"State should have better things to do than running after these people," the bench said after the state informed about the meat sample being sent to a lab for testing.
The counsel said after the transportation was intercepted, the driver was unable to answer questions over the nature of the actual product.
"The meat was then sent to a forensic lab," said the counsel.
The court said that a pe...