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- The Tamil Nadu Director General of Police clarified to the Madras High Court that a 2025 circular does not prohibit all rooster fights.
- Officials stated the policy aims only to prevent illegal gambling and animal cruelty during such events.
- The clarification followed a judicial request regarding the authority behind police orders prohibiting cockfights.
- The court subsequently disposed of a petition seeking to quash the circular.
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L. Balaji Saravanan
Assistant Inspector General of Police
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“officers shall ensure that no incident of cockfight is allowed in their jursidiction”
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…of cockfight is allowed in their jurisdiction.” Accordingly, L. Balaji Saravanan, Assistant Inspector General of Police, High Court cases monitoring cell at the office of the DGP/HoPF, clarified that the words “ officers shall ensure that no incident of cockfight is allowed in their jursidiction ” in the 2025 circular were used in the context of preventing cruelty. The AIG said, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court had in an order passed on May 21, 2024 observed that there were complaints of rooster…
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