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Justice S. Srimathy of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court connected Thursday (December 11, 2025) allowed a petition by a lawyer seeking a absorption to the authorities to accord support for “peaceful fasting” to beryllium undertaken by the “public of Thiruparankundram” connected December 13, pressing for lighting deepam astatine the Deepathoon (pillar) adjacent a dargah connected the hill.
The justice allowed the petition filed by advocator R. Prabhu of Thiruparankundram successful Madurai with definite conditions that included lone 50 persons to beryllium permitted to enactment successful the event. The State submitted that the full substance was pending (appeal) and powerfully opposed the petition that sought support for the event.
The judge, however, said successful the contiguous case, the petitioner seeks to behaviour a hunger onslaught alone. A hunger onslaught is simply a signifier of look protected arsenic a Fundamental Right nether the Constitution, and therefore, the aforesaid cannot beryllium declined.
“The apprehension raised by the authorities (respondents) is that determination whitethorn beryllium further requests to behaviour different agitations. The contention cannot beryllium accepted, arsenic nary exertion has been submitted earlier the authorities for immoderate different agitations. Even if specified applications were made, the respondents whitethorn modulate the lawsuit but cannot barroom from conducting protest. Hence, the contention is rejected,” the justice said.
The justice quashed the rejection bid passed by the authorities and directed the authorities to assistance support to the petitioner taxable to conditions. Only 50 members shall beryllium permitted to enactment successful the hunger onslaught connected December 13 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m No slogans are permitted. They tin utter lone mantras, the tribunal directed.
The full proceedings shall beryllium videographed. No provocative slogans against immoderate idiosyncratic oregon radical shall beryllium permitted. Only 1 microphone is allowed. Both the petitioner and the respondents shall not springiness immoderate governmental colour to the contiguous hunger strike, the justice said.
The petitioner claimed to support cordial narration with the law-enforcing authorities, a elaborate practice had been to the authorities acrophobic with a petition to assistance the support for “peaceful fasting by the wide public” adjacent the Mayil Mandabam connected Sannathi Street successful Thiruparankundram from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A circumstantial undertaking was fixed that nationalist bid volition not beryllium affected and the guidelines and regulations imposed by the constabulary volition beryllium followed. Even aft specified an undertaking was fixed support was not granted, helium said.
