Resolving the cultural right-animal right conflict in India: analyzing Article 29(1) through the paradigm of Jallikattu

Cultural rights-animal rights conflict surfaced in India when the 2014 judgment of the Supreme Court banning Jallikattu was outlawed by legislation enacted by the Tamil Nadu Government, for which the protection of cultural rights under Article 29(1) of the Constitution is being claimed. Essential questions pertaining to the interpretation of Article 29(1) and consequential resolution of the conflict in India have arisen, for which, the author envisages an expansive interpretation of Article 29(1), providing more scope for its jurisprudential development. Such interpretation also permits resolution through systematic synchronization of cultural rights with animal rights through proper regulation and implementation.