During a hearing in the High Court in 2016, the meat-eating population in Gujarat was pegged at 40 per cent. However, for nearly two decades, the
state government has not revised its official quota for slaughter, leading to several unauthorised meat markets in the state and two petitions being filed in the high court against such illegal shops, report Sohini Ghosh, Aditi Raja, Kamaal Saiyed and Gopal Kateshiya.