While hearing a petition filed by Govansh Rakshan Samvardhan Parishad, on Wednesday, Himachal Pradesh high court issued a directive for the Centre to consider bringing in a law that not only prevents slaughter of cows across the country, but also enforces a total nation-wide ban on import/export and sale of beef, reported a leading daily.

The High Court directed the Centre to bring the enactment in place within three months.

The Centre has also been asked to create funds and special schemes for the state government in order to providing shelter, fodder and protection to cows, report said.

The directive was issued by a division bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Sureshwar Thakur, which has mandated the concerned Union secretary to file a compliance affidavit before the next hearing that is scheduled for January 6.

In this hearing, according to report, court also gave a timeline of six months to all panchayats in the state to create a unique ID for every cattle by inserting an electronic chip that can be read using a scanner so as to identify its owner.