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What Is Paramount? Nation Or Religion, Asks Madras HC

Feb 10, 2022 | Pratirodh Bureau

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Expressing deep concern over the growing tendency of certain forces to fuel religious disharmony in the country, the Madras High Court on Thursday wondered as to what is paramount — nation or religion.

In an observation that came in the backdrop of a raging debate over the ‘hijab’ row in Karnataka, the first bench of Acting Chief Justice MN Bhandari and Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthi bemoaned that of late, certain forces have created controversies relating to people’s dress code and they are spreading all over India.

“It is really shocking, somebody is going for the ‘hijab’, some others for the ‘topi’ (cap) and a few others for other things. Is it one country or is it divided by religion or something like that? This is quite surprising,” the bench added.

Pointing out the fact that India is a secular country, the ACJ said: “What is found from the current affairs is nothing but an effort to divide the country in the name of religion.” The ACJ made the observations while hearing a batch of PIL petitions filed by Rangarajan Narasimhan of Srirangam in Tiruchirapalli district.

In his PIL filed on Thursday, he prayed to the court to order strict implementation of the dress code for devotees, disallowing non-Hindus from stepping into temples across the state and imposing a ban on commercial activities in the premises of temples. Display boards should be placed prominently at the entrance of temples banning entry of non-Hindus and prescribing a dress code, he said.

When there is no particular dress code, then how will the question of putting up display boards on the same arise, the bench wondered.

When the petitioner insisted for an order, the bench advised him to produce the evidence for his prayer. What part of the ‘Agamas’ (rituals) refer to pants, dhotis and shirts, it asked.

Irked over the petitioner’s relentless posture, the bench warned him of barring from appearing in-person before the court and directed him to use appropriate words and desist from quarrelling.

Tamil Nadu Advocate General R Shanmugasundaram informed the court that each and every temple is following its own custom and visitors belonging to other religions are allowed only up to the ‘kodi maram’ (flag mast).

He recalled that a division bench of Madras High Court had already set aside an order of a single judge prescribing a dress code as it was beyond the scope of the writ petition. It had triggered widespread outrage and debate, he pointed out.

Finally, the bench allowed the petitioner to file an affidavit with illustrations relating to the dress code. (PTI)

Tags: Madras High Court, nationalism, Pratirodh, Religion, religious disharmony

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