Madras HC rejects plea for sanction to use fiberglass-reinforced boats for travel to Katchatheevu islet

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The petitioner, a fisherman from Rameswaram, had wanted to question   to Katchatheevu for St. Antony’s Church festival, which is volition  beryllium  held connected  February 27 and 28.

The petitioner, a fisherman from Rameswaram, had wanted to question to Katchatheevu for St. Antony’s Church festival, which is volition beryllium held connected February 27 and 28. | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by a fisherman from Rameswaram who had sought a absorption to the authorities acrophobic to licence fishermen to usage fiberglass-reinforced integrative motorised boats to question to Katchatheevu for St. Antony’s Church festival, which is scheduled to beryllium held connected February 27 and 28.

A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K. K. Ramakrishnan upheld the determination taken by the authorities to cull the petition made to licence the usage of fiberglass reinforced integrative motorised boats to question to Katchatheevu.

The tribunal said the authorities had regulated question to Katchatheevu by taking into information the information of individuals.

‘No exceptions’

There cannot beryllium immoderate deviation oregon objection to the regulation, the tribunal said and dismissed the petition filed by J. Brinso Raymond of Rameswaram.

The authorities acrophobic had refused to licence the usage of fiberglass-reinforced integrative motorised boats citing hazard factors.

Published - February 03, 2026 11:32 p.m. IST

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