<div align="justify">A unique identification number for animals has been suggested by an expert panel to evolve a mechanism to stop trafficking of cattle across the Indo-Bangla border, the Centre informed the Supreme Court.<br /><br />The committee, set up in pursuance of the apex court order, has recommended having tamper-proof identification of cattle by using polyurethane tags and a state-level database may be uploaded at a website which may be linked with a national online database.<br /><br />The recommendations were placed before a bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud which listed the petition filed by Akhil Bharat Krishi Goseva Sangh for Tuesday for passing directions by considering these recommendations.<br /><br />The issue before the apex court also included concern over smuggling of cattle to Nepal for being sacrificed at the Gadhimai festival, held once in five years, and a petition relating to it filed before the festival in 2014.<br /><br />The instant petition concerning trafficking of cattle to Bangladesh was filed by <br />Akhil Bharat Krishi Goseva Sangh.<br /><br /> A similar plea was filed by animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi, seeking directions to the Centre and states like Bihar, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, which share the border with <br />Nepal.<br /><br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">A unique identification number for animals has been suggested by an expert panel to evolve a mechanism to stop trafficking of cattle across the Indo-Bangla border, the Centre informed the Supreme Court.<br /><br />The committee, set up in pursuance of the apex court order, has recommended having tamper-proof identification of cattle by using polyurethane tags and a state-level database may be uploaded at a website which may be linked with a national online database.<br /><br />The recommendations were placed before a bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud which listed the petition filed by Akhil Bharat Krishi Goseva Sangh for Tuesday for passing directions by considering these recommendations.<br /><br />The issue before the apex court also included concern over smuggling of cattle to Nepal for being sacrificed at the Gadhimai festival, held once in five years, and a petition relating to it filed before the festival in 2014.<br /><br />The instant petition concerning trafficking of cattle to Bangladesh was filed by <br />Akhil Bharat Krishi Goseva Sangh.<br /><br /> A similar plea was filed by animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi, seeking directions to the Centre and states like Bihar, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, which share the border with <br />Nepal.<br /><br /><br /></div>
