Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra governments' laws allowing the bull-taming sport "Jallikattu" and bullock cart races.
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI/GPRC): "Humans are said to be a bright developing species that has a consciousness of understanding its nature, surroundings, and needs, but what is the use of this consciousness if we cannot use it for others' welfare? As our great freedom fighter M.S. Gandhi said "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated".
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.
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.
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 perpetuated.
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.
The police had registered a case against unidentified people on the basis of a complaint lodged by locals of the area.
Locals had also submitted a video of the incident alleging that the accused beat up a white street dog at the New Friends Colony area with sticks, and later dumped it in an open field.
They also claimed that the dog was pregnant and died due to the attack.
On the basis of specific information, a team of STF conducted a raid with the help of Jajpur District Police on Sunday at Sahapur regarding the illegal and inhuman transportation of cattle to West Bengal.
In one of the videos, a group of men with sticks in their hands could be seen looking for the dog in the area. In another video, one of them is seen dragging the dog across an open field.
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