E.N. Madeswaran, v. Mrs. S. Suganthi and 2 others
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court; CONT P No. 967 of 2025; D.Bharatha Chakravarthy; 23-06-2025; contempt petition; Section 11 Contempt of Courts Act 1971; willful disobedience; W.P.No. 8211 of 2025 dated 10.03.2025; Arulmigu Prasanna Venkatramanaswamy Temple; Pandamangalam; Paramathivelur/Paramathi Velur Taluk; Namakkal District; temple festival; caste discrimination; equal opportunities to devotees; secular conduct; Assistant Commissioner observer; Revenue Divisional Officer Thiruchengode; Executive Officer; videographs photographs; conflicting claims; roving enquiry avoided; directions for next year's festival; petition closed; no costs.
What did the court decide?
No punishment for contempt pronounced; the petition was closed with forward-looking directions — from next year the Assistant Commissioner to act as observer from the beginning; the entire temple festival to be ensured secular without any reference to caste; nobody creating commotion or caste-based one-upmanship to be permitted; no costs awarded.