The Court was hearing PIL filed by one Shyamanand Pandey, who alleged that illegal butcher shops had proliferated in the city and were selling prohibited meat openly.
Justice Chauhan is the seniormost judge at Himachal Pradesh High Court after the Chief Justice. He did his schooling from Shimla and studied law at Panjab University, Chandigarh.
The Court ordered Superintendent of Police of Giridih to increase the number of Home guards on the Hill to ensure effective implementation of the prohibitions.
A change in law to make the government/ insurer liable to pay a fixed sum to the vehicle owner in case of injury or death is the need of the day, the Court said.
The lawyers have been boycotting the courts of Chief Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Rongon Mukhopadhyay since March 6.