The Madras High Court today sought Tamil Nadu government's response to a PIL plea for allowing conduct of 'manjuvirattu' , a bull sport, throughout the year instead of January-May as stipulated in the relevant act. Issuing notice to the state law department, Justices K K Sasidharan and G R Swaminathan of Madurai Bench posted the matter to July 24 for further hearing. However, the district collector refused permission on the ground that the PCR Act allowed the bull sport only during the period between January and May in a calendar year. The state had amended the PCA Act to allow the conduct of bull taming sport 'jallikattu' and similar events following protests by public, including students, early this year. (This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 13, 2017 13:52 UTC