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Bar and Bench suffer meltdown over Gujarat court citing Manusmriti and Vedas while awarding life sentences to three Muslims for cow slaughter: Here’s why the statutory maximum in the Kalol case does not mean enforcement of a “theological code”

Bar and Bench suffer meltdown over Gujarat court citing Manusmriti and Vedas while awarding life sentences to three Muslims for cow slaughter: Here’s why the statutory maximum in the Kalol case does not mean enforcement of a “theological code”

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    The sentencing of three men to life imprisonment in a Gujarat cow slaughter case has triggered a fresh debate over judicial reasoning, religious references in courtrooms, and media coverage of India’s legal system. The controversy intensified after Bar and Bench drew attention to the court’s…

    — TFI Post

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On 30th October 2026, legal reporting portal Bar and Bench published an article headlined, "Holy cow, unholy sentence".

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Bar and Bench suffer meltdown over Gujarat court citing Manusmriti and Vedas while awarding life sentences to three Muslims for cow slaughter: Here’s why the statutory maximum in the Kalol case does not mean enforcement of a “theological code”

On 30th October 2026, legal reporting portal Bar and Bench published an article headlined, "Holy cow, unholy sentence".

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