SC to deliver on Thursday verdict on pleas against traditional bull-taming sport Jallikattu
The Hindu
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its judgement on a batch of pleas challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra laws allowing the traditional bull-taming sport ‘Jallikattu’ and bullock cart races.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Thursday its judgement on a batch of pleas challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra laws allowing the traditional bull-taming sport 'Jallikattu' and bullock cart races.
"Jallikattu", also known as "Eruthazhuvuthal", is a bull-taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as part of the Pongal harvest festival.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K. M. Joseph is likely to pronounce its verdict.
As per the cause list published on the Supreme Court's website, a single judgement will be pronounced by Justice Aniruddha Bose.
The petitions, including one filed by animal rights body PETA, have challenged the state law that allowed the bull-taming sport in Tamil Nadu.
The Supreme Court had earlier said the petitions against 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.
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