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Strictly observing that the law, having received President's assent can't be interfered with, the bench dismissed all the pleas challenging the validity of states' laws allowing bull-taming sport "Jallikattu" and bullock cart races.

The apex court has also upheld the laws by Karnataka and Maharashtra allowing Kamabala and bullock cart racing.

After Kumar found flaws in the alleged scam in the liquor policy, L-G Saxena had sought a detailed report from him on the issue.

Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Karnataka had in 2017 passed amendments to the central law against cruelty to animals in order to allow traditional sports such as the taming of bulls during Pongal. This was done after the SC in 2014 banned jallikattu. A Constitution Bench has now ruled that the changes in the law were valid — but the issue of jallikattu must be decided by Parliament.

SC upheld the validity of the changes Tamil Nadu made to (PCA Act) on Thursday, allowing the bovine sport Jallikattu

New Delhi/UNI: A five judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Tamil Nadu law that protects Jallikattu by claiming that the bull-taming sport is a cultural heritage of the state.

On May 18, the Supreme Court dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the state amendments made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act by states of

On Thursday, while upholding the laws allowing the practice of Jallikattu and other similar bullock cart races, the Supreme Court observed that there is no precedent to show that the Constitution of...

Satisfied that large part of pain-inflicting practices, as they prevailed, substantially diluted, says bench

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of the State amendments made to the central law Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act by the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and...