Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: M. Srinath
Justice P. Velmurugan issued the route after the District Legal Service Authority (DLSA) secretary measured the width of the streets, on the route of the court docket, and filed a report stating that they had been huge sufficient for the temple automotive to go by with none issue.
The decide quashed the Perambalur Revenue Divisional Officer’s (RDO) June 3, 2025, peace committee proceedings, by which a couple of Scheduled Caste residents had been made to signal an settlement stating that the temple automotive needn’t go by their streets throughout this yr’s competition.
He allowed a writ petition filed by two Scheduled Caste residents, S. Vinoth Kumar and R. Manivannan, to quash the RDO’s proceedings as unlawful and unconstitutional on the bottom that it promotes discriminatory practices and denies the appropriate to worship on the idea of caste.
The decide additionally directed the Perambalur Deputy Superintendent of Police to deploy sufficient variety of police personnel with a purpose to forestall legislation and order points at any time when the temple automotive is taken by the streets inhabited by the Scheduled Caste residents of the village.
Justice Velmurugan had on June 11, 2025, directed the DLSA secretary to examine the streets and measure their width for the reason that district administration had taken a stand that the temple automotive was 3.6 metres huge, and that it will be tough to manoeuvre it by the five-metre-wide streets.
When the case was heard on Wednesday, a counsel for among the Caste Hindus within the village raised objections to the inspection report filed by the DLSA. However, the decide rejected the objections and stated the DLSA report clearly states that there’s adequate area for manoeuvring the temple automotive.
Published – July 23, 2025 03:41 pm IST
