The High Court allowed the writ petition holding that the possibility of communal disturbance cannot be a ground for suspending a meat shop licence. In the absence of any cited provision, the impugned suspension order was set aside.
The impugned order dated 22.8.2019 passed by the Food Safety Officer, District Bijnor is set aside.
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Court No. - 34
Case :- WRIT - C No. - 30926 of 2019
Petitioner :- M/S Uvesh Chicken Centre Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Bhuvnesh Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.
Hon'ble Sudhir Agarwal,J. Hon'ble Rajeev Misra,J.
Order Date :- 24.9.2019 Manish Tripathi
2 issues framed by the court
Whether possibility of disturbance of communal harmony is a valid ground to suspend a meat shop licence.
Whether any legal provision exists to suspend a meat shop licence due to potential communal disturbance.
M/S Uvesh Chicken Centre
State Of U.P.
2 Others
Sudhir Agarwal
Rajeev Misra
As recorded by the court registry
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