The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud on Monday (February 12) has agreed to take up a petition filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) regarding jallikattu and the Kabala buffalo racing events.

The mater is listed for next week.

The court has ordered an amendment to the act. Counsel Siddhartha Luthra said the bill amendment is pending. The bench said that is why the matter is pending before the Constitutional Bench.

To this Luthra said kindly do something before the first week of March as the race will be over. The bench is to take up the mater next week for final decision.

—India Legal Bureau