SC questions Karnataka Govt on allowance of Kambala

Bengaluru: The Supreme Court has asked the Centre and Karnataka governments on how an ordinance allowing Kambala could be issued when the President had returned a Bill on the traditional buffalo sport.

A bench led by Chief Justice Dipak Misra took strong exception to the ordinance because a bill legalising the Kambala, was returned by the President in May for reconsideration.

The top court’s concern came in while it was hearing a writ petition filed by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), challenging Karnataka government’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Ordinance, 2017.