Jallikattu

As many as 485 bulls were let off to the field one after the other and the tamers tried to tackle and control them in a marked area filled with coir pith

Bull-taming sport "jallikattu" leads to injuries and even fatalities of animals as well as humans and something that involves cruelty cannot be allowed, the Supreme Court was told on Thursday. Jallikattu, also known "eruthazhuvuthal", is a bull-taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as part of the Pongal harvest festival. Some of the petitioners, who have challenged a Tamil Nadu law allowing "jallikattu", argued in the court that perpetuating cruelty cannot be permitted and one cannot have a provision that is destructive of the purpose of a legislation like the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph commenced hearing arguments on a batch of petitions challenging the Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra laws allowing "jallikattu" and bullock-cart races. "The first issue is, what was the purpose of the legislation and therefore, can you have provisions which are destructive of the purpose....," senior lawyer Sidharth Luthra, appearing for

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear on November 22 a batch of pleas challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra laws allowing bull-taming sport 'Jallikattu' and bullock cart races. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph was told by senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for the petitioners, that the amendments with respect to Jallikattu are unconstitutional. The bench, also comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar, said it would take up the matter in November. The top court had earlier said that the petitions challenging the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 2017, needed to be decided by a larger bench since they involved substantial questions relating to interpretation of the Constitution. The bench framed five questions to be adjudicated upon by the larger bench. The petitions, including one filed by animal rights body PETA, have challenged the state law that allowed the bull-tami

Jallikattu is organised every year in January, in Tamil Nadu, as a part of Pongal celebrations

The apex court was hearing an application filed by the Maharashtra government which had sought that ban on bullock cart race in the state should be lifted as the same is going on in other states

Modi on Friday slammed Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Congress for posing as protectors of Tamil culture

"Jallikattu", India's official entry in the Best International Feature category at the 93rd Academy Awards, is out of the Oscars race

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi would visit Tamil Nadu on January 14, the Pongal day and witness a bull taming event, 'Jallikattu'

As a judge in of the Madras High Court, Justice Banumathi had in 2003 ordered a blanket ban on jallikattu, the bull taming sport of Tamilnadu

The Supreme Court banned Jallikattu in 2014 after the complaints of extreme animal cruelty

It is a regressive, feudal practice, say many members of lower-caste groups

AIADMK's TTV Dinankaran, DMK's M Ganesh, E Madhusudanan from the OPS faction will be in fray

As many as 49 people were injured during the event which was organised in Palamedu district

Nine people were reportedly admitted to the hospital for medical treatment

They stand to lose about Rs 1,400 crore in sales this summer as protesters make them the fall guy

SC permitted animal rights bodies, other individuals to amend pending petitions to challenge new law

The CM said Commission would be headed by a retired HC judge and complete the probe in 3 months

On Jan 23, the TN Assembly unanimously passed the Jallikattu Bill revoking the ban on the sport

Oswal, the head of People for Animals in Pune, says Jallikattu is just a flashpoint in Tamil Nadu

Neither politicians nor fringe elements could steer the protest to serve their respective agendas