Supreme Court reserves verdict on batch of pleas towards bull-taming sport Jallikattu
2 min readBy PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on a batch of pleas difficult Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra legal guidelines permitting bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’ and bullock cart races.
“Jallikattu”, also called “eruthazhuvuthal”, is a bull-taming sport performed in Tamil Nadu as a part of the Pongal harvest competition.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Ok M Joseph heard submissions from senior advocates together with Mukul Rohatgi, showing for Tamil Nadu, and a number of other different counsel representing the intervenors.
The bench, additionally comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar, requested events to file a collective compilation of written submissions with every week.
The high courtroom had earlier mentioned the petitions difficult the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017 wanted to be determined by a bigger bench since they concerned substantial questions referring to interpretation of the Constitution.
ALSO READ | TN amended legislation that enables Jallikattu; seeks to forestall cruelty on animals: State tells SC
The bench framed 5 inquiries to be adjudicated upon by the bigger bench.
The petitions, together with one filed by animal rights physique PETA, have challenged the state legislation that allowed the bull-taming sport in Tamil Nadu.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgement on a batch of pleas difficult Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra legal guidelines permitting bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’ and bullock cart races.
“Jallikattu”, also called “eruthazhuvuthal”, is a bull-taming sport performed in Tamil Nadu as a part of the Pongal harvest competition.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice Ok M Joseph heard submissions from senior advocates together with Mukul Rohatgi, showing for Tamil Nadu, and a number of other different counsel representing the intervenors.
The bench, additionally comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar, requested events to file a collective compilation of written submissions with every week.
The high courtroom had earlier mentioned the petitions difficult the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017 wanted to be determined by a bigger bench since they concerned substantial questions referring to interpretation of the Constitution.
ALSO READ | TN amended legislation that enables Jallikattu; seeks to forestall cruelty on animals: State tells SC
The bench framed 5 inquiries to be adjudicated upon by the bigger bench.
The petitions, together with one filed by animal rights physique PETA, have challenged the state legislation that allowed the bull-taming sport in Tamil Nadu.
