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NEW DELHI: BJP MP Anurag Thakur connected Friday criticised the Tamil Nadu authorities implicit the Karthigai Deepam dispute, alleging that it has adopted what helium called an "anti Sanatan" stance.Raising the contented successful the Lok Sabha, the BJP MP said, "I privation to rise a precise important contented wherever 1 authorities successful India has go a awesome of anti-Sanatan Dharma.
Their ministers are making statements against Sanatan Dharma.
" He added that devotees had been compelled to question judicial involution to entree the temple.
Thakur referred to the Madurai seat of the Madras precocious court, which precocious pulled up the authorities government, accusing officials of ignoring its bid connected lighting the Karthigai Deepam lamp astatine Madurai's Thiruparankundram temple. He said, "People were forced to attack the tribunal to scope the temple.
The Madurai seat of the Madras High Court came down powerfully connected the Tamil Nadu government, accusing officials of deliberately ignoring its bid connected lighting the Karthigai Deepam lamp astatine Madurai's Thiruparankundram temple.
"The curate further alleged that devotees faced constabulary enactment during the episode. "Hindus are lathi-charged... Why are Hindus stopped?..." helium asked, pressing the authorities implicit the attraction of worshippers astatine the temple.
The Karthigai Deepam enactment escalated sharply lastweek arsenic the Tamil Nadu authorities again declined to comply with a Madras High Court bid permitting the lighting of the ceremonial lamp astatine the Deepathoon chromatic pillar atop Thiruparankundram hills. This marked the 2nd consecutive time of defiance, adjacent arsenic a part seat rejected the state’s entreaty against contempt proceedings initiated for non-compliance. Tensions roseate connected the ground, with BJP authorities main Nainar Nagendran and respective enactment workers detained successful Madurai during protests against the authorities government.
Over 1,000 constabulary unit were deployed arsenic information forces stopped petitioners and supporters from reaching the hilltop contempt the court’s direction. Earlier, a seat of Justices G Jayachandran and K K Ramakrishnan dismissed the authorities government’s appeal, calling it an effort to pre-empt contempt action. The seat upheld single-judge Justice G R Swaminathan’s bid allowing petitioners to airy the lamp astatine Deepathoon nether CISF protection.
The azygous seat had initiated contempt proceedings aft officials facilitated lighting the lamp astatine Uchi Pillaiyar Temple alternatively of astatine Deepathoon arsenic directed connected December 1. Following the dismissal of the appeal, Justice Swaminathan resumed contempt hearings, acceptable speech the prohibitory orders issued by the Madurai territory administration, and again permitted the lighting of the lamp astatine the hilltop, this clip nether the extortion of Madurai metropolis police.
The justice warned that if officials continued to disregard the order, “harsh consequences volition ensue.” Officials again blocked access, citing nationalist bid concerns. Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu authorities approached the Supreme Court seeking an urgent proceeding connected its entreaty against the High Court’s orders. When mentioned earlier a seat led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, the tribunal declined to supply an contiguous listing, saying it would see the petition arsenic soon arsenic possible.
The authorities argued that it had exclusive authorization implicit temple rituals and customs nether the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act of 1959, and said the High Court could not usage contempt jurisdiction to intervene successful matters of spiritual practice. Appearing for a caveator, advocator P V Yogeswaran criticised the state’s approach. He said the authorities was “repeatedly defying the HC’s orders” and “creating a drama” by filing an entreaty to stall contempt proceedings.
The High Court has maintained that its directions bash not impact the rights of the adjacent dargah and has upheld the petitioners’ close to execute the ritual astatine the designated Deepathoon site. The state’s entreaty successful the Supreme Court describes the contented arsenic raising broader questions astir the limits of contempt jurisdiction, the autonomy of temple management, and the interplay betwixt judicial orders and enforcement enforcement powers.
It pointed to the territory administration’s prohibitory orders issued astir 6pm connected December 3, astatine the aforesaid clip Justice Swaminathan had directed that the petitioner beryllium allowed entree to the hilltop.
The High Court part seat earlier observed that enforcement orders nether Section 162 of the BNSS cannot override judicial directions and described the timing of the prohibitory orders arsenic indicative of a “well-designed act” to debar compliance. The part seat volition perceive related appeals from the Madurai territory collector and temple authorities connected December 5. Justice Swaminathan had earlier permitted petitioners, including Rama Ravikumar, to airy the lamp astatine Deepathoon aft dismissing the authorities government’s objections astir the site’s proximity to a dargah and claims that the ritual had agelong been conducted astatine Uchi Pillaiyar Temple.
