<span style="color: #222222;">Bombay High Court has said that closure of slaughter houses and meat selling shops for a short period during certain religious festival cannot be termed as unconstitutional.<br />''<br />''A division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre was hearing petitions filed by the Bombay Mutton Dealers Association and Mehul Mepani challenging Mumbai civic body's 2015 circular directing abattoirs and meat selling shops to be shut every year during the Jain community's 'Paryushan' festival.<br />''<br />''Refusing relief, the court observed that closing of shops for a short time frame to honour the sentiments of a particular section of society is not unconstitutional.<br />''<br />''However, the petitioners claimed that directing the shops to be shut was in violation of their fundamental right to livelihood and had sought a stay.</span><br />