- SC orders halt to use of bulls during Jallikattu, a Tamil Nadu festival held to tame bulls, and for other entertainment purposes
- Animal rights groups including Blue Cross of India terms it a landmark judgment
- Rekla or bullock cart and horse and bull races too covered under the ban order
- Animal welfare activists give former Central minister Jairam Ramesh credit for banning such festivities involving bulls in 2011
- Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) oppose Tamil Nadu govt’s earlier move to ensure continuity of Jallikattu
- SC banning bull fighting or Jallikattu and bullock cart race in TN also banned similar races in Maharashtra, defends animals right to protection against torture
- SC order takes exception to making animals stand under scorching sun for hours and then forcing them to fight against bull tamers
- Dragging bulls with a rope passing through their nose, torturing them and making their suffer pain and fear do no good to them
- SC says event managers’ action is against bulls’ rights under Section 3 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
- Read at:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/sc-bans-jallikattu-bullock-cart-racing/article5987888.ece
- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sc-bans-jallikattu/article5987763.ece
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/animal-rights-bodies-welcome-jallikattu-ban/article5987667.ece
Exams Perspective:
- Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI)
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
- SC