Plea: Form inclusive panel for Avaniyapuram jallikattu

Madurai: Madras high court on Thursday sought a response from the Madurai district administration officials on a plea to constitute a jallikattu organising committee comprising representatives from all communities for the Avaniyapuram jallikattu.A division bench of justice M S Ramesh and justice A D Maria Clete was hearing a batch of public interest litigations filed by S T Kalyanasundaram, Mahalingam, and Muniyasamy, residents of Avaniyapuram.The petitioners stated that there was no representation for people belonging to the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes communities in the jallikattu organising committee for Avaniyapuram jallikattu, which is to be conducted on Jan 14. Such exclusion would amount to a violation of fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution.Hence, the petitioners moved court.