"Cow Slaughter” has been a hotly debated topic for a while in India now. It started with laws banning slaughter and issues around citizen enforcement of such laws, and recently gained serious momentum after the Union Government passed regulations banning sale of animals in markets for slaughter under the Prevention of Cruelty Act. While the Madras High Court stayed the Government’s regulations on constitutional grounds, the Rajasthan High Court went to the extent of recommending life imprisonment for slaughtering a…