The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to urgently list a plea seeking enforcement of anti-cow slaughter laws ahead of Bakrid (Eid-al-Adha), with the Chief Justice of India declining to treat the matter as urgent.

Advocate Barun Kumar Sinha orally mentioned the matter for urgent listing. He said that the matter sought the implementation of the anti-cow slaughter laws, and said that the urgency was that Bakrid falls on May 28. "We are seeking a hearing so that if your lordships are persuaded, an interim order can be passed," he submitted.

The Chief Justice remarked that the plea had been brought at the last moment.

“You remember this a day before... No urgency,”  CJI Surya Kant observed, refusing to grant an urgent hearing.