Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam on Thursday made a forceful appeal for an ordinance to skirt a ban on Jallikattu but Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained non-committal on the contentious issue, saying the matter was in the Supreme Court.

On the other hand, the Supreme Court today has agreed that for the next seven days, it will not rule on whether to lift a ban on Jallikattu, as requested by the union government. 

With more than 10,000 protestors holding unflagging but peaceful demonstrations at Chennai's Marina Beach in support of the bull-taming sport, judges were told that a verdict, due today, could create a law and order problem, and that the centre is working with the Tamil Nadu government to find a solution to the conflict between lakhs of people who say Jallikattu is an integral part of their culture and animal activists who say bulls are tortured and abused by the sport, which is held during Pongal or the Harvest Festival.

Not just normal people, even several stars of Kollywood are lending their support for ongoing protests to lift ban on conducting Jallikattu.