Madras High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Order Allowing Ritual Of Devotees Rolling Over Plantain Leaves On Which Food Was Eaten By Others
Live LawThe Madras High Court has set aside an order of a single judge allowing Angapradakshinam, a ritual of devotees rolling over the plantain leaves on which other devotees had consumed food. “However, such a practice, whether would go against the public morality or constitutional morality is a matter to be gone into, which, cannot be decided by this Corut at this juncture, in view of the issue in a similar lis arising out of the High Court of Karnataka having been seized off and pending with an order of stay before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Civil Appeal No.4543 of 2017 in the matter of State of Karnataka and others v. Adivasi Budakattu Hitarakshana Vedike Karnataka and others,” the court said. The court also noted that a division bench of the High Court in 2015 had already held against such practice, and thus, the single judge could not have nullified the order of a higher bench. The court added that as per judicial discipline, the single judge could not have assumed jurisdiction and held the division bench order null.
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