Supreme Court slams TN govt for defiance of order against Jallikattu
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Tuesday, January 31, 2017 05:18 PM IST
New Delhi:
The Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed the Tamil Nadu government for allowing people to defy its order on jallikattu, and for failing to maintain law and order in the state. The court had banned the controversial sport in 2014, on the grounds that it was cruel to bulls. However, the court refused to stay the Tamil Nadu government's Bill permitting jallikattu, but agreed to hear a plea against the law.
"Tell your government that law and order is primacy in civilized society and we can't tolerate such incidents," the court told the lawyer representing the state government.
Last Wednesday, animal activists moved the Supreme Court challenging the validity of the Bill passed by the Tamil Nadu Assembly to allow jallikattu to be held, and asked that it be quashed.
The plea was filed by the Animal Welfare Board, and other activists sympathetic to the its views. They said the law was illegal and unconstitutional.
Tamil Nadu legislators passed the Bill on January 23, after the state witnessed state-wide pro-jallikattu protests on an unprecendented scale.
