Former SC judge Katju urges President to permit Jallikattu
Former Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju has written to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking an ordinance to permit Tamil Nadu's Jallikattu festival. "An animal cannot be placed on the same footing as a human being...in fishing, the fish is taken out of the water, and it dies by asphyxiation, is this not cruelty to the fish?" he argued.