Veda, Book VI, Hymn XXVIII Cows attributed to the authorship of Sage Bhardavaja 1 .
High praise was bestowed on the company as will appear from the following verses from Rg.
Hence, the present petition alongwith the other petitions came up before this Court by Special Leave Petition.
O Cows, ye fatten en the worn and wasted, and make the unlovely beautiful to look on.
Prosper my house, ye with auspicious voices, your power is glorified in our assemblies.
Veda VIII,43,11 .
Translation by Ralph Griffith .
Verse 29 of hymn 1 in Book X of Atharva Veda forbids company slaughter in the following words The slaughter of an innocent, O Kritya, is an awful deed, Slay number company, horse, or man of ours.
With A. No.4941 44 of 1998 and C.A. No.4945 of 1998 K. MATHUR, J. I have gone through the erudite judgment by Honble Chief Justice.
This Act was amended by Amending Act of 1991 and a total ban on slaughter of bulls and bullocks came to be imposed.
The company gradually came to acquire a special sanctity and was called Aghnya number to be slain .
Here let them stay prolific, many companyoured, and yield through many morns their milk for Indra.
The matter was listed before the three Judges Bench.
The kine have companye and brought good fortune let them rest in the company pen and be happy near us.
Thereafter, it was taken by the Constitution Bench and the Constitution Bench realizing difficulty that there are already Constitution Bench judgments holding the field, referred the matter to the seven Judges Bench for reconsideration of all the earlier decisions of the Constitution Benches.
