{"id":44077,"date":"2016-07-26T08:31:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T03:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44077"},"modified":"2016-07-26T08:31:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T03:01:34","slug":"centuries-old-tag-no-justification-sc-jallikattu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centuries-old-tag-no-justification-sc-jallikattu","title":{"rendered":"Centuries-old tag no justification: SC on Jallikattu"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44079\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/bull.1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/centuries-old-tag-no-justification-sc-jallikattu\/bull-1\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/bull.1.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"bull.1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/bull.1.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/bull.1.jpg?resize=290%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Centuries-old tag no justification: SC on Jallikattu\" width=\"290\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Centuries-old tag no justification: SC on Jallikattu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today said that just because the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu is a centuries-old tradition, it cant be justified.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of justices Dipak Misra and R F Nariman said that if the parties are able to convince the court that its earlier judgement was wrong, it may refer the matter to a larger bench.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just because the sport (Jallikattu) is centuries-old, it cant be said that its legal or permissible under law. Since centuries, children below the age of twelve years were married. Does that mean that child marriage is legal?,&#8221; the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court fixed August 30 for final hearing of the matter to decide on the Constitutional validity of Jallikattu.<\/p>\n<p>It further said that no adjournments will be granted in the case after it commences the final hearing in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing the counsel appearing for Tamil Nadu said Jallikattu is a sport being practiced for centuries and it showcases an age-old cultural practice in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court had on January 21 refused to re-examine its 2014 judgement banning use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country.<\/p>\n<p>On January 8, the Centre had issued a notification lifting ban on Jallikattu in poll-bound Tamil Nadu with certain restrictions, which was challenged in the apex court by Animal Welfare Board of India, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, a Bangalore-based NGO and others.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had stayed this notification.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court remained unimpressed with the contention that Jallikattu was not a fight between bulls and humans but a game where the participants are required to embrace the running bulls by hanging on to their hump as long as possible and that the men are unarmed.<\/p>\n<p>Jallikattu, also known Eruthazhuvuthal, is a bull-taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of the Pongal harvest festival<\/p>\n<p>(Source : PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today said that just because the bull-taming sport of Jallikattu is a centuries-old tradition, it cant be justified. 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