A five-judge Constitution bench presided by Justice Ok M Joseph held that the state amendments didn’t violate the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s 2014 ruling banning Jallikattu.

The bench additionally comprising Justices Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and C T Ravikumar mentioned that in its 2014 judgment, Jallikattu was held to draw restrictions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act because of the method wherein it was practised then. The modification, nonetheless, seeks to minimise the ache and struggling brought about to animals. It additionally famous that the amendments, having acquired the assent of the President, can’t be faulted.

Saying that the game is no less than one century previous, the courtroom, nonetheless, didn’t go into the query of whether or not Jallikattu is an integral a part of Tamil tradition, saying that will require an in depth evaluation and that the legislature can be extra applicable to take action.

“We are satisfied on materials that Jallikattu is going in TN for last one century… Whether this is part of integral part of Tamil culture requires detailed analysis which exercise judiciary cannot undertake..,” it mentioned.

The bench mentioned that when the legislature has declared that Jallikattu is a part of the cultural heritage of Tamil Nadu, the judiciary won’t go towards the view. The courtroom added that it didn’t agree with the discovering within the 2014 choice that Jallikattu will not be part of the state’s cultural heritage, saying it was of the view that there was not enough materials earlier than the courtroom to achieve such a conclusion.