Guwahati, Jan. 29 -- Environmental journalist Dilip Nath has filed a petition at the Supreme Court of India to take action against Assam Public Health Engineering and Urban Affairs Minister, Jayanta Malla Baruah, for attending a buffalo fight event as the chief guest.

The petition was filed as the event allegedly defied the Supreme Court's ban on animal fights.

On January 15, Baruah attended the inaugural function of a buffalo fight in Sivasagar district's Ranghar.

Despite a Supreme Court directive prohibiting animal races and fights, and a December 17, 2024, Gauhati High Court order quashing the Assam government's Standard Operating Procedure for organizing buffalo and bulbul bird fights, the event took place.

Nath's petition claimed...