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Senior counsel appearing for the archetypal petitioners successful the Thirupparankundram lawsuit told the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Wednesday that the State was claiming that the chromatic pillar connected the elevation was not a deepathoon lone to complicate the matter. The appellants had not shown immoderate materials to beryllium that it was not a deepathoon, they argued.
A Division Bench of Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan continued to perceive the appeals preferred against the bid of Justice G.R. Swaminathan, who had directed the Subramaniya Swamy temple absorption to airy the Karthigai Deepam astatine the deepathoon too the accustomed spots, arsenic good arsenic different related appeals.
Representing 1 of the petitioners, elder advocator S. Sriram told the tribunal that respective claims were being made astir the pillar, including 1 that it is simply a Jain structure, and the Waqf Board’s assertion implicit the country wherever it is located.
The temple and the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department said determination was nary impervious to found that the chromatic pillar was a deepathoon. Such claims were being made lone to complicate the issue, helium said.
The elder counsel contended that their rights were not harmless successful the hands of the authorities. “The State should beryllium secular and neutral to support the rights. However, the State was tilted to 1 side. It was not a lawsuit of a caller customized being created,” helium claimed, adding that the lighting of the deepam was an indispensable signifier of Hindus.
The State had taken the basal that the deepam was being lit lone astatine the Uchipillaiyar temple mandapam for the intent of this case. As per the 1996 Madras High Court judgment, it recognises that the authorities tin see lighting the deepam astatine immoderate different spot too wherever it was being lit. However, the authorities person not acted, helium said.
The elder counsel submitted determination was nary usurpation of the principles of earthy justness successful the Single Bench order.
Senior advocator P. Valliappan, appearing for different petitioner, reiterated that the lighting of the Karthigai Deepam was an indispensable signifier of the Hindus. The appellants person not produced immoderate materials to amusement that the chromatic pillar connected Thirupparankundram elevation is not a deepathoon.
Referring to the judgement successful the 1920 Original Suit demarcating the portions belonging to the temple and the dargah and the Privy Council judgment, helium said the Mohammedans cannot assertion that the full hilltop was theirs.
The tribunal volition proceed to perceive the appeals connected Thursday.
