A Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Rohinton Nariman will have a scheduled hearing of the challenges against the new jallikattu law. Meanwhile, an advocate from Tamil Nadu G.S. Mr. Mani argued that the Tamil Nadu legislature had every authority to pass an amendment allowing jallikattu, keeping in view the popular protests of the public. AWBI pleaThe lawyer urged the apex court to reject the AWBI application against jallikattu, claiming that no permission was received from the Board to move the Supreme Court. Therefore, the above said application filed by Ms. Anjali Sharma, member of AWB, is not only maintainable but amount to contempt of court for playing fraud on court,” Mr. Mani contended.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2017 18:51 UTC