Tag: Cows

NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking direction to declare cows as the national animal of India and also to ensure their protection. A bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka told a counsel, representing petitioner Govansh Sewa Sadan: “Is it the job of the court to declare an animal as the national animal?” “Why do you file such petitions in which we are compelled to impose costs,” it asked. The counsel submitted before the bench that he was seeking a direction...