: After SC order, Lakshadweep directs schools to continue non-veg food in mid-day meals #IndiaNEWS The Lakshadweep administration has directed school authorities to comply with the Supreme Court order

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After SC order, Lakshadweep directs schools to continue non-veg food in mid-day meals #IndiaNEWS
The Lakshadweep administration has directed school authorities to comply with the Supreme Court order to continue serving non-vegetarian food in mid-day meals for school children, PTI reported on Saturday.“Food, including meat, chicken, fish and egg, and other items, prepared and served to the school going children of Lakshadweep, as done in the past, should be continued until further orders,� an order issued by the Directorate of Education said. “To make it clear, the earlier system should continue.�The Supreme Court had passed the order on May 2 on a plea challenging the Lakshadweep administration’s decision to ban meat from mid-day meals and to shut down dairy farms on the islands.Ajmal Ahmed, a Lakshadweep-based lawyer had first challenged the decisions in the Kerala High Court. He moved the top court after the High Court rejected his plea in September 2021.In his plea, Ahmed had contended that the regulations introduced by Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda Patel infringe upon the heritage, ethnic culture, food habits and the rights granted by the Constitution of India. He had pointed out that Lakshadweep had been serving meat in mid-day meals since 1950s to students from pre-primary to elementary levels and that since 2009, non-vegetarian meals were provided to students till Class 12 as well.In its defence, the...Read more

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