"Law and order situation is the primacy in a civilised society. Convey this to your executive to maintain law and order. We passed a stay order one year ago. Why these protests now?" the court questioned the Tamil Nadu government, referring to the massive protests on the Marina Beach in Chennai and other parts of the state.
"We are governed by the rule of law. These kind of things should not happen. You must convey this to your executive," the court added.
Responding to the court's criticism, Tamil Nadu said the protests were peaceful, didn't violate any law and were in tune with people's right to peaceful protests.
To which, the court said, "Nobody says people can't fight for a better law. Why so much commotion? We are concerned only with preserving Supreme Court orders."
Amid massive protests across the state in favour of bringing back the bull-taming festival that activists say is animal cruelty, the Tamil Nadu government first put out an ordinance or special order to bypass the Supreme Court's ban in 2014 on Jallikattu, which was approved by the state assembly.
The state's law was challenged by NGOs who said in the Supreme Court that only the centre has the power to amend the law.
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