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'Jallikattu' has cultural value, no cruelty on bulls: Tamil Nadu tells SC
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that sporting events can also be cultural events and there is no cruelty on the bulls during Tamil Nadu's traditional bull-taming sport -- 'Jallikattu'.
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SC questions use of animals in Jallikattu for entertainment of humans
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu government whether an animal can be used in a bull-taming sport like "Jallikattu" for the entertainment of humans.
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Cruelty to any animal cannot be permitted: Petitioners against Jallikattu
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
As it was hearing a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra government laws allowing the bull-taming sport "Jallikattu" and bullock cart races, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that allowing something which is cruel to an animal cannot be permitted.
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Jallikattu, bullock cart races: Constitution recognises that cruelty to an
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Tuesday while hearing a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra governments' laws allowing bull-taming sport "Jallikattu" and bullock cart races, was told that the Constitution recognises that cruelty to animals is an activity which ought not to be p
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SC Constitution bench begins hearing pleas against Jallikattu, bullock car
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Jallikattu is conducted during the Pongal festival as thanksgiving for a good harvest and subsequent festivals are conducted in temples which shows that the event has great cultural and spiritual significance, it has added.
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SC declines to adjourn hearing of pleas against Jallikattu, bullock cart r
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The top court had earlier said that the petitions challenging 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 the interpretation of the Constitution.
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SC to hear pleas against Jallikattu, bullock cart races on November 22
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday posted for hearing a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra government's laws allowing bull-taming sport "Jallikattu" and bullock cart races on November 22.
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Madurai court releases 23 accused in 2017 train blockade case
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 19 (ANI): Madurai District Court on Tuesday ordered the release of 23 people arrested in connection with a train blockade in 2017 demanding Jallikattu.
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Man arrested for attacking bulls with stick during Jallikattu festival in
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 20 (ANI): Police have arrested a man for attacking bulls with a stick in Palamedu Jallikattu in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, said V Baskaran, Madurai Superintendent of Police (SP) on Thursday.
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On duty Tamil Nadu cop injured during Jallikattu festival
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 17 (ANI): A Tamil Nadu policeman, deployed on duty in the Alanganallur Jallikattu festival, was injured on Monday when a bull charged at him.
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Day 3 of Jallikattu begins in Alanganallur area of Madurai
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 17 (ANI): Day three of the world famous Jallikattu event began in Alanganallur area of Madurai in Tamil Nadu on Monday morning.
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Jallikattu fervour continues, celebrated in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 15 (ANI): As part of the Sankranti festival celebration, a large number of people participated in the Jallikattu, a traditional bull-taming sport, organized at Anupalle Village of Ramachandrapuram Mandal in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district on Satu
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