Petition filed by animal rights activist Gouhar Azeez and Goseva Sangh The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the State government to file its counter affidavit to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition which had sought a prohibition on slaughtering cows, calves, milch and draught cattle. The court granted six weeks’ time for the filing of counter affidavit by the Animal Husbandry Department and two more weeks for the petitioners to file a rejoinder, if they prefer. First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justices Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy directed State government ...