India, July 26 -- Supreme Court justice Ujjal Bhuyan has said that there is no law barring anyone from eating chicken over the Ganga, criticising the arrest of Muslim students over the consumption of chicken biryani in iftar while on a boat ride in the river in Uttar Pradesh a few months ago.

Speaking at the 4th Memorial Lecture of Justice GP Singh at the National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal, justice Bhuyan pointed out that the youth had to spend three months in jail for something that isn't an offence.

"I am sure consuming chicken biryani is not an offence. It can't be an offence.they were arrested for that very reason, and they had to remain in jail for three months," he said.

The Varanasi Police arrested 14 Muslim youths...