Kerala High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Devaswom Officer Over Violation Of Guidelines Regulating Elephant Parading At Temple Festivals
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Devaswom Officer Over Violation Of Guidelines Regulating Elephant Parading At Temple Festivals

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The Kerala High Court has issued notice to an officer of the Cochin Devaswom Board under the Contempt of Courts Act, for allegedly breaching its guidelines regulating the parading of Elephants during Temple festivals. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. observed that admittedly, violations occurred on December 02 while parading Elephants at the Thripunithura Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple festival from November 29 to December 06. The Court thus directed its Registry to issue notice to the Devaswom officer under the Contempt of Courts Act. “We therefore direct the registry to formally register a contempt of courts case and to issue a notice to the deponent Devaswom officer fortwith so that the deponent Devaswom officer can respond to the same on or before January 09, 2025,” it directed.

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Participation of elephants in festivals is part of our culture: Supreme Court
1 week, 3 days ago

Participation of elephants in festivals is part of our culture: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India remarked on Monday that the use of elephants in festivals is part of the country’s culture. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a petition filed by the NGO Vishwa Gaja Seva Samithi, which challenged a judgment of the Kerala High Court on January 13 in a suo motu case …

Elephants in Kerala religious festivals: Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing of plea to lift stay
2 months ago

Elephants in Kerala religious festivals: Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing of plea to lift stay

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India on Thursday did not heed an oral plea to urgently take up for hearing an application to lift its Order of December 19, 2024, staying a clutch of directions issued by the Kerala High Court, including that elephants must maintain a minimum distance of three metres from each other at religious festivals, parades and exhibitions. …

Parading of elephants: HC asks Devaswom officer to tender unconditional apology
2 months ago

Parading of elephants: HC asks Devaswom officer to tender unconditional apology

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday directed R. Reghuraman, Devaswom officer of the Thripunithura Poornathrayeesa Temple, to file a fresh affidavit tendering an unconditional apology, in a contempt of court case that had been initiated over his alleged failure to comply with the court’s directives on parading elephants during the temple festival. The court preferred not to accept his explanation, …

SC order on elephants in fests turns focus on decades-old tussle in Kerala
3 months, 1 week ago

SC order on elephants in fests turns focus on decades-old tussle in Kerala

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court ’s order on Thursday, effectively staying restrictions imposed by the Kerala high court on the use of elephants in temple festivals may have, for now, resolved the latest battle between tradition, heritage, and culture on one side, and safety of both elephants and the public on the other -- but the larger war is likely to continue. …

Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC's Directions On Use Of Elephants For Temple Festivals Which Are Contrary To 2012 Rules
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3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court Stays Kerala HC's Directions On Use Of Elephants For Temple Festivals Which Are Contrary To 2012 Rules

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday effectively stayed the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court for the use of elephants in temple festivals. The Court ordered that any direction issued by the High Court contrary to the Kerala Captive Elephants Rules, 2012 would remain stayed. The High Court issued various directions mandating a minimum 3-meter distance between two elephants, minimum …

Supreme Court halts Kerala HC's 'impractical' rules on elephant in temple fests
3 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court halts Kerala HC's 'impractical' rules on elephant in temple fests

India Today  

At the famous Thrissur Pooram, it’s a centuries-old tradition that a large number of decorated elephants are paraded for all to see. And on Thursday, Supreme Court kept the tradition in mind to temporarily halt the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court on the use of elephants in temple festivals. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N …

Thrissur Pooram will come to 'grinding halt', temple boards tell Supreme Court
3 months, 1 week ago

Thrissur Pooram will come to 'grinding halt', temple boards tell Supreme Court

India Today  

Two important temple boards in Kerala moved Supreme Court against Kerala High Court’s order regarding the restrictions during the conduct of festivals, such as Thrissur Pooram. The petition challenged the Kerala High Court’s festival-centric directions for the conduct of Thrissur Pooram and other festivals, especially those involving elephants. According to the temple management committees, if the Kerala High Court’s festival-centric …

Kerala High Court Directs Devaswaom Board To Ensure Pilgrims' Darshan Is Not Obstructed Due To VIP Darshan At Sabarimala
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala High Court Directs Devaswaom Board To Ensure Pilgrims' Darshan Is Not Obstructed Due To VIP Darshan At Sabarimala

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to ensure that incidents of VIP Darshan causing obstruction to pilgrims does not take place in Sabarimala during the Mandala-Makaravilakku festival season. The Division Bench of Justice Anil K.Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. passed the above order based on the Special Commissioner's report that obstruction was caused to pilgrims …

Temple authorities cannot do as they please in name of religion: Kerala HC
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Temple authorities cannot do as they please in name of religion: Kerala HC

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Coming down heavily on the devaswom officer of Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple, Tripunithura, for violating court directives on the elephant parade, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday orally observed that the temple authorities can’t do anything they like in the name of religion. “Only one breach is enough to cancel the festival permission granted but we are not doing it …

HC raps CDB official for flouting elephant parade norms on fourth day of temple festival
3 months, 3 weeks ago

HC raps CDB official for flouting elephant parade norms on fourth day of temple festival

The Hindu  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Cochin Devaswom Board officer for violating court directive, including a distance norm to be observed between the jumbos during the elephant parade, on the fourth day of the festival at the Thripunithura Poornathrayeesa Temple. The Bench also directed Raghu Raman, Devaswom officer, to file an …

Kerala HC Pulls Cochin Devaswom Official For Violating Guidelines Regulating Parading Of Elephants At Temple Festivals, Seeks Affidavit
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala HC Pulls Cochin Devaswom Official For Violating Guidelines Regulating Parading Of Elephants At Temple Festivals, Seeks Affidavit

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has directed an official of the Cochin Devaswom Board to file an affidavit before the Court regarding alleged breach of guidelines issued regulating the parading of Elephants during Temple festivals. Last week, the Court had dismissed an application moved by the Devaswom Board for modification of the 3-meter distance rule between Elephants paraded at the Thripunithura …

Case against Kerala temple authorities for violating elephants' parade norms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Case against Kerala temple authorities for violating elephants' parade norms

India Today  

A case has been filed against the officials of Kerala's Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple management committee for allegedly violating high court orders linked to the procession of elephants. The case was filed by the Kerala Forest Department against the Devaswom officer and other temple authorities after officials noticed a flouting of Kerala High Court directions in its inspection. The FIR came …

Elephant parade at Poornathrayeesa Temple adheres to distance norms prescribed by Kerala High Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant parade at Poornathrayeesa Temple adheres to distance norms prescribed by Kerala High Court

The Hindu  

The elephant parade as part of the Vrischikotsavam at Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple, Thripunithura, was held on Friday by adhering to the Kerala High Court directive regarding the distance to be maintained between the pachyderms. Jayasankaran Nambiar and P. Gopinath had directed the Cochin Devaswom Board authorities, who manage the temple affairs, to ensure a minimum distance of three metres between …

Elephant Parading For Temple Festivals Not Essential Religious Practice: Kerala High Court
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Elephant Parading For Temple Festivals Not Essential Religious Practice: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court dismissed an application filed by the Cochin Devaswom Board which sought a modification of Court's guidelines requiring a 3 meter distance between two Elephants when parading them for festivals. v State of Kerala, stated that parading of Elephants in temple festivals would not constitute an Essential Religious Practice. The Court stated that the parading of elephants …

Kerala High Court Seeks Report On Action Taken Against Devaswom Guard Who Misbehaved With Pilgrims At Sabarimala
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court Seeks Report On Action Taken Against Devaswom Guard Who Misbehaved With Pilgrims At Sabarimala

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday said that action must be taken against the Devaswom guard who recently misbehaved with the devotees at Sabarimala. The division bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice P. G. Ajithkumar after perusing the report filed by the Special Commissioner, Sabarimala on the incident and viewing a video recording, observed that: …the body language …

Collector Bans Processions, Loud Speakers, Meetings Within 200m Radius Around Kerala HC
8 years, 4 months ago

Collector Bans Processions, Loud Speakers, Meetings Within 200m Radius Around Kerala HC

Live Law  

The Ernakulam District Collector has issued an order prohibiting processions, meetings and use of loud speakers within 200-m radius of the High Court of Kerala.Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure issued by Collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla will be in force for two months from November 14.In view of the clashes between media persons and …

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