In Brief
The Supreme Court upheld its prior judgment declaring the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Jallikattu Act, 2009 unconstitutional. The State sought review on grounds that the Act was not repugnant to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and that Jallikattu was a protected cultural/religious practice. The Court found manifest repugnancy: both Acts fall under Entry 17 of the Concurrent List, and the 2009 Act's permission to tame bulls for entertainment directly contradicts the PCA Act's welfare mandates. The Court rejected claims of religious protection, holding that a harvest festival's cultural association does not establish constitutional nexus to freedom of religion under Article 25. The doctrine of pith and substance did not apply due to head-on collision in the same field. The review petition was dismissed.
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