Gauhati HC orders Assam to stop buffalo fights

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The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam authorities to guarantee that nary buffalo fights (Moh-Juj) instrumentality spot successful the State and to initiate due penal enactment against immoderate organisers of specified events until further orders.

Justice Anjan Moni Kalita heard the lawsuit connected April 4. The interim order, released connected Tuesday (April 21, 2026), was passed pursuing a writ petition filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA India), citing amerciable buffalo fights conducted successful assorted districts of Assam during Magh Bihu successful January.

Published - April 21, 2026 06:39 p.m. IST

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