CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Tamil Nadu to review a 2014 apex court judgment banning Jallikattu. The apex court questioned the need to “tame” a domestic animal like the bull and further held that Jallikattu has nothing to do with exercise of the fundamental right of religious freedom.

Detailed explanation-2: -In May 2014, a Two-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court, in Animal Welfare Board of India v A. Nagaraja, banned the use of bulls for Jallikattu events in the state, and bullock cart races across the country. In 2015 the Court dismissed the Tamil Nadu government’s plea seeking a review of the 2014 Judgement.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu Act, 2009 is challenged by PETA before the Supreme Court. Ministry of Environment and Forests issues notification banning the use of bulls as performing animals. The Supreme Court bans jallikattu and strikes down the State law on the basis of a plea by the AWBI and PETA.

Detailed explanation-4: -In its submissions to the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, the Tamil Nadu government said that the ban on Jallikattu, a bull taming sport was an attack on the cultural identity of the Tamil people. The Supreme Court had banned Jallikattu in 2014 on the grounds of cruelty to animals.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nagaraja case, the Supreme Court upheld that Jallikattu amounted to cruelty to bulls and banned all similar bull taming and bull racing sports in the country, including in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra.