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, …
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 …
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 …
