The stage is all set for a contempt of court proceeding. On one hand we have the highest court of the country ruling that no more ‘bull fighting’ or Jallikatu is to take place in the Country and on the other we have the performers getting set to defy the ban and pressurising the State government to do its best to vacate the stay. CJI KG Balakrishnan remains adamant on the non removal of stay calling it a barbaric practice reminiscent of the stone age.
“The Supreme Court declining permission to allow the cruel event is wonderful,” said Maneka Gandhi, India’s best-known animal rights activist.
So when animal rights groups called this practice as barbaric, I’m not sure they had this situation in mind. More and more over the past few years we are seeing dissent over the rulings of the Supreme Court. Perhaps the ills and cries of judicial activism have gotten on the people too who are now feeling there’s too much interference by the judiciary in their lives. When law is made by the existing democratic machinery, the remedy for its non obeyance and irregularity rests in the Court and the hands of the electorate. But sadly, no such mechanism exists for judge made law and the only option of expressing dissent is contempt. This is not judicial activism in its strict sense but an instance of how the judiciary is playing an increasing role in our daily lives and the question that then arises is if it is right or wrong to do so?
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Jallikattu – The fight is now outside the ring
Pongal, the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu is also the time for Jallikattu – the traditional bull fight that takes place in Madurai, Tiruchirapalli and Tanjore. Of these the spectacle at Alanganallur, near Madurai, is the most talked about simply because it is the most ferocious.
Somehow, there’s so much raw energy in the air at the time of Jallikattu. Even a casual visitor can feel the vibes and horror. Whole villages come to a stand-still at the time of this traditional bull fight. It is considered ‘veera velayattu’, the game of the brave and indeed the game does take immense bravery – to tame a wild bull called the ‘Jallikatu Kalai’.
The game involves taming the bull, by locking its horns and getting it to stand still for a short while. The person, who does so, gets the purse or whatever gift the brave one is destined to receive.
Today, there is a huge hue and cry to ban this traditional sport that animal rights activists have branded a vile blood sport. True, not only do the bulls that enter the Jallikattu ring suffer a blood bath, some of the participants, often little children do end up in hospital and often in the morgue. So they say there’s no reason why the sport should be banned forthwith.
What is your opinion? Vote here to RUN or BAN – http://www.jallikatu.com
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damn! bullfights are so cool! only morons engage in it but it was good tv!!! shite!!!