Food and food habits part of right to life

The Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition against the beef ban and the closing down of illegal slaughterhouses ruled that food and food habits and the means of dispersing with them are part of rught to life and livelihood. The court ruled that putting a complete ban would interfere with an individual's private life if he desires to consume a particular food item. A complete ban impised by the state government amounts to the violation of Articles 19 and 21 and interfere with the rights of life and livelihood.
The court ordered the state government to formulate rules for regulating slaughterhouses and the inaction of previous governments is no excuse for putting a complete ban in place. The government is required to make rules for licensing the slaughterhouses and restaurants but it cannot completely ban the same. The court ruled that the food habits have evolved in the state based on its diversity and any order effecting themshould be in accordance with the secular structure of the constitution.
The government has no right to dictate what a person can or cannot eat. Food is a personal choice and interfering with it amounts to the violation of the right to privacy. Food is part of the right to life and selling it is part of right to livelihood. The state government cannot put a complete ban and infringe the two rights.