Ordinance won’t work: Sorabjee

Tamil Nadu government’s announcement that it would issue an ordinance to ensure the conduct of jallikattu drew a sharp reaction from eminent jurist Soli Sorabjee who said such a move could be constitutionally invalid.

By :  migrator
Update: 2017-01-21 03:06 GMT
Soli Sorabjee

New Delhi

“The Central government wants to consult the state government and sort it (the issue of jallikattu) out. Very good. But to run an ordinance in these circumstances is out of the question. It will not be warranted at all,” the former Attorney General told some television channels. He also said that an ordinance was issued when there were circumstances of ‘pressing nature’ which required immediate action. “I don’t think an ordinance will be constitutionally valid also, but in any case let’s wait and see what happens,” he said.

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