It was on that day a single judge of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court banned jallikattu for the first time and since then, I am carrying the black badge of having been a lawyer on record in that unfortunate case,” laments advocate L. Shaji Chellan. I began my arguments casually since other judges of the High Court had already allowed similar writ petitions and granted permission for rekla race in other districts. The only judgement he could cite in his favour on that day was the one passed by another single judge of the High Court, Justice F.M. Deciding not to follow that judgement, Ms. Justice Banumathi wrote: “With due respect, I respectfully disagree with the above order. “In her judgement, Ms. Justice Banumathi wrote in length about reported torture meted out to bulls during jallikattu and rekla race.

Source: The Hindu January 14, 2017 01:30 UTC