Supreme Court Criticizes Assam Government Over Beef Transport Case

The Supreme Court criticized the Assam government on Friday for pursuing a case against a man accused of transporting beef. A bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the state should focus on more important matters.

The court stayed the criminal proceedings and set the next hearing for April 16. The defense argued that the accused, a warehouse owner, did not know the packaged meat was beef. The court noted that identifying meat types by sight is difficult for non-experts. Further examination of the case will continue in April.