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Karnataka Assembly passed the anti-cow slaughter bill named as “The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill 2020”.
Karnataka’s new law against cow slaughter provides for a total ban on slaughter of cows in the state and stringent punishment to those who indulge in smuggling, illegal transportation, atrocities on cows and slaughtering them.
Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri already said that he had clearly said in the meeting that important bills will be tabled.
In the year of 2010, state had passed the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill when it was in power. At the time, the bill proposed the slaughter of cattle be designated as a cognizable offence where arrests can be carried out without court warrants with punishment ranging from one to seven years in jail, or fines from Rs 25,000 to Rs 1 lakh.