It is not the court’s job to adjudicate in matters cultural except where a human life is involved or there is wanton cruelty to animals that goes beyond mere sport or tradition. If the Supreme Court is not guided by this sensible principle, then it might as well forbid halal slaughter since this religious practice says the animal should not be stunned before slaughter. Stunning reduces the pain when the animal is being killed, and thus can be made compulsory under the Prevention of Cruelty Act too – when its ambit is stretched to include a jallikattu or even bull racing. The Prevention of Cruelty Act is a man-made law and not the same as protecting the fundamental principles of the constitution.