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SC stops Jallikattu staying Centre's notification

| | Jan 12, 2016, at 07:55 pm
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IBNS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Centre's notification lifting the ban on jallikattu, the traditional bull-fighting sport of Tamil Nadu, reports said.

 Last week, the Centre had lifted the ban on the sport circumventing a Supreme Court ruling of May 2014 during the Congress-led UPA rule.

Citing cruelty to the animals, the Animal Welfare Board, People for Ethical Treatment of Aminals, or PETA, and 11 other organisations challenged the Centre's notification and sought it to be quashed. 

The Tamil Nadu government  filed a caveat requiring it to be heard before any orders on the bunch of petitions challenging the Centre's move.

The 3-member bench headed by Justice Dipak Mishra heard the case after Justice R Banumathi recused herself from hearing the case. She was part of the earlier three judge bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur.

The sport is popular in at least four districts of southern Tamil Nadu and is part of the four-day Pongal festival, held in mid-January. 

Animal rights organisations say there is clear evidence of how the animals are assaulted, intoxicated and subjected to other forms of cruelty. Lime juice is squeezed into their eyes and chilli powder is rubbed on their genitals to make them ferocious.

The Centre had said the traditional sport should be continued but with restrictions that stop cruelty to the animals. The festival was not held last year - it was banned by the UPA government when the DMK was part of the alliance. This time, the DMK had demanded that the ban on the festival be lifted.

After the Centre's announcement last week, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa had thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The BJP, having a negligible presence in Tamil Nadu,  was instrumental in lifting the ban. Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Tamil Nadu this year.

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