<p> The Supreme Court today refused to re-examine its 2014 judgement banning use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Justices Gopala Gowda and P C Ghose, during in -chamber proceedings, dismissed the review petitions filed by some residents of Tamil Nadu seeking reconsideration of the ban order on the controversial bull-taming sport.<br /><br />The review petition filed by Tamil Nadu government is still pending in the court.<br />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.<br /><br />The apex court had stayed the notification.<br />Jallikattu, also known Eruthazhuvuthal, is a bull-taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of the Pongal harvest festival.<br /><br />The court in its 2014 judgement had said that bulls cannot be used as performing animals, either for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races in the states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra or elsewhere in the country and banned their use across the country.<br /><br />The apex court had declared Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu Act, 2009 as constitutionally void, being violative or Article 254(1) of the Constitution.</p>
<p> The Supreme Court today refused to re-examine its 2014 judgement banning use of bulls for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races across the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench of Justices Gopala Gowda and P C Ghose, during in -chamber proceedings, dismissed the review petitions filed by some residents of Tamil Nadu seeking reconsideration of the ban order on the controversial bull-taming sport.<br /><br />The review petition filed by Tamil Nadu government is still pending in the court.<br />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.<br /><br />The apex court had stayed the notification.<br />Jallikattu, also known Eruthazhuvuthal, is a bull-taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of the Pongal harvest festival.<br /><br />The court in its 2014 judgement had said that bulls cannot be used as performing animals, either for Jallikattu events or bullock-cart races in the states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra or elsewhere in the country and banned their use across the country.<br /><br />The apex court had declared Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu Act, 2009 as constitutionally void, being violative or Article 254(1) of the Constitution.</p>