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Take temple car through Dalit colony, says HC A Subramani, TNN 22 December 2009, 03:59am IST CHENNAI: Lambasting trustees of a temple in Pottai village of Villupuram district for their opposition to diverting the temple car through a Dalit colony, the Madras High Court has asked the administration ensure that the car, if necessary small in size, be taken through the colony. Passing orders on two writ petitions — one filed by the trustee of the Arulmighu Poottai Mariamman Temple near Sankarapuram and the other by 10 Dalits belonging to the village — Justice K Chandru said: "The attempt by the trustees to prevent the Dalits from taking the temple car to their colony during the festival held during Aadi cannot be accepted by this court. Any such order in their favour will amount to perpetuating untouchability, which has been specifically prohibited by Article 17 of the Constitution. For the last three years, due to their (caste Hindus) intransigence and caste supremacy, the festival has been stopped." The trustee wanted the court to quash a revenue divisional officer (RDO) order banning the car festival. He claimed that they were following Agama principles and that diverting the age-old car route was not feasible. The Dalits, however, wanted a direction to the authorities to take the temple car through their colony. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
