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So reads the judgement of Justice Nambiar of the Kerala High Court, who allowed N Prakash, a resident of Cochi, to avail a vehicle pass to buy biscuits for his pet cats.
The grit of the cat owner was matched by the wit and heart of the Kerala HC judge. Here's the story.
N Prakash, a cat owner in Cochi needed to buy biscuits for his cats. He approached the local police for a vehicle pass, so he could buy a pack, that would last him for the rest of the cats.
The police, as one would have it, refused.
Unfazed, Prakash moved the Kerala High Court. While this might seem completely over-the-top to the layman, Prakash had his reasons.
Over teleconferencing, Prakash pleaded his case at the Kerala High court. His argument, as Justice Nambiar put it down in his judgement;
Long story short, Prakash needed the biscuits to feed his cats, since he was a pure vegetarian and his cats ate the meat-based biscuits.
After a succinct elucidation of the country's legal position on animal rights, Justice Nambiar directed the police to grant Prakash a vehicle pass to go buy the biscuits for his cats.
What hit the spot, the funny bone and activated Twitter's warm-fuzzy mode was the manner in which he concluded the judgement;
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