Amid this development, the Centre also filed a plea seeking to withdraw the January 6 notification allowing the bull-taming sport in Tamil Nadu. Attorney general Mukul Rohatgi mentioned before the bench that the Centre has filed a plea seeking to withdraw the January 2016 notification. “Therefore, the above said application filed by the member of AWBI is not only maintainable but amount to contempt of court for playing fraud on court. Thus the said application may be rejected and person who played fraud on court may be punished on contempt,” the plea said. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment), Act, 2017 piloted by Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, was unanimously adopted on January 23 by a voice vote in the assembly after a brief debate.

Source: Hindustan Times January 27, 2017 15:46 UTC