Model Code of Conduct Cannot Be Reason to Deny Permit for Temple Festival: Madras High Court Tells Police – News18

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The excessive courtroom directed the police to offer needed safety to the petitioner for organising the dance and music programme for the temple pageant, in accordance with the legislation. (Representational picture)

The courtroom took observe of the police’s rationale for rejecting the allow, citing the mannequin code of conduct imposed throughout the ongoing common parliamentary elections. The HC noticed that the election had concluded, with polling already accomplished within the involved space

The Madras High Court lately put aside a police order that had refused permission for a music and dance occasion scheduled throughout a temple pageant on May 18, 2024.

The petitioner, S Kesavan, filed a writ petition beneath Article 226 of the Constitution of India, contesting the police’s denial of his utility on April 29, 2024.

The single-judge bench of Justice Ok Kumaresh Babu took observe of the police’s rationale for rejecting the allow, citing the mannequin code of conduct imposed throughout the ongoing common parliamentary elections.

The courtroom noticed that the election had concluded, with polling already accomplished within the involved space.

It additional emphasised that such causes couldn’t be accepted for denying permission to conduct the temple pageant.

In view of that, the bench quashed the denial order issued by the Inspector of Police, Valathi Police Station, in Villupuram District.

Consequently, it directed the police to offer needed safety to the petitioner for organising the dance and music programme for the temple pageant, in accordance with the legislation.

Last yr on July 23, Justice N Anand Venkatesh of the Madras High Court refused to order the police to supply safety for a temple pageant in Mayiladuthurai.

He had famous that the plea for defense had been filed because the petitioners apprehended a possible altercation between two factions asserting their rights over the temple.

To this, the choose had then noticed that the aim of a temple is to allow the devotees to worship God for peace and happiness; nonetheless, sadly, temple festivals have been perpetuating violence.

He had underscored that in such instances, the time and power of the police and income division was unnecessarily wasted.

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