India, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court's order imposing a blanket ban on the slaughter of cows and calves across Tamil Nadu, granting interim relief to the state government led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.

A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the interim order while issuing notice on a special leave petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the Madras High Court's May 27 judgment.

The apex court observed that the concluding portion of the High Court's order, which imposed a statewide prohibition on cow and calf slaughter, appeared to require "correction".

The interim stay comes as a legal victory for the Vijay government, which argued that the High Cour...