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2025 Supreme(Online)(Mad) 42489

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
J. Nisha Banu, M. Jothiraman, JJ
Nettukuppam Grama Meenava Makkal Munnetra Nala Sangam – Appellant
Versus
A. Karthik – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. A.Anilan
For the Respondents: Mr.M.Ganesh Babu, Mr. P.Kumaresan, Mr. M.Rajendran

Table of Content
1. community opposition to idol installation. (Para 1)
2. community objections to religious practices. (Para 2)
3. right to worship versus community opposition. (Para 3 , 4)
4. court's stance on irrational beliefs. (Para 5)

(Order of the Court was made by J.Nisha Banu J.)

The petitioner Sangam has filed the writ appeal challenging the order passed by this court in W.P.No.12034 of 2025, dated 03.04.2025 along with the petition to grant leave to file the above appeal, since it was not the party to the said writ petition.

2. It is averred in the petition that the first respondent along with two others approached the petitioner's village community to install the goddess idol " Sivasakthi Dhakshiswari " , claiming that it would benefit to the village at large. The Goddess idol as projected by the first respondent would be normally installed near graveyards for performing poojas. Since such idols will not be installed inside the village, the same was opposed by the villagers. However, without considering the objections of the villagers, the said idol was installed by the first respondent in his house and he started performing poojas by offering chickens, hens and goats and he t

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