Thursday, May 8, 2014

SC on jallikattu

In a major step towards protecting animals from cruelty, the Supreme Court has banned the popular post-harvest event jallikattu, or bull fights, in Tamil Nadu and bullock-cart racing in Maharashtra, Punjab and other states, saying they violated provisions of the 50-year-old Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Significantly, the bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and P C Ghose favoured constitutional status for rights of animals like citizens. It said, “Parliament, it is expected, will elevate the rights of animals to that of constitutional rights, as has been done by many countries around the world, so as to protect their dignity and honour.” Dismissing as illegal the Tamil Nadu law allowing jallikattu, the apex court made it clear that bulls cannot be used as performing animals as it involves causing them pain.


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