The Jammu and Kashmir High Court ban on the sale of beef in the state hogged the news headlines on Thursday with few realising that it was only the reiteration of an over 150-year-old law.
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the police to ensure that there is no sale of beef anywhere in the state and that strict action is taken against those who violate the law.
Rising tensions over eating beef in Hindu-majority India are starting to hit the multi-billion dollar buffalo meat trade.
"Huge amounts" of American beef are bypassing China's import bans, a top U.S. trade official said this week.