Court okays lawsuit by Hindu vegetarians
A New Jersey appeals court this week ruled that a group of vegetarian Hindus, who were inadvertently served samosas containing meat at a Moghul Express, can sue the restaurant for the cost of flying to India to purify their souls in the Ganges River for 30 days. “If you follow the scriptures, it’s definitely a huge cost,” said Mehul Thakkar of the Yogi Divine Society.
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