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Questions whether High Courts have parens patriae jurisdiction only over public temples and not places of worship of other faiths
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Madras High Court constituting a board of management to rectify the malady in the administration of the ancient Lord Nataraja temple in Chidambaram. A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul Pancholi issued notice on the appeal filed…
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Madras High Court has instructed the Thanjavur District Collector to relocate a statue of E V Ramasamy Periyar. The statue was installed on temple land without necessary permissions from the authorities. Petitioner Rama Ravikumar sought its removal as recommended by the Joint Commissioner of the HR…
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A Division Bench of Justices P Velmurugan and K K Ramakrishnan, after hearing a writ petition, ordered the removal of the statue from the land of Arulmigu Brahmasirakandeeswarar Temple at Kandiyur, in Thiruvaiyaru taluk of Thanjavur District
