The Supreme Court rejected a petition filed by the Government of Kerala seeking transfer of all petitions related to Sabarimala from the Kerala High Court to the apex court. The petition came before the apex court on March 25. The apex court said it cannot interfere in the high court’s action of appointing a monitory committee for Sabarimala. The Kerala government had earlier stated that it would not accept the proposals of the monitoring committee.
The Supreme Court wondered what was the need of a petition like that; the Kerala government could have approached HC itself. It is to be remembered that CPI(M) leader and Devaswom Minister Kadakampalli Surendran had stated that the HC-appointed Monitory Committee did not have any powers. The Devaswom Board and the Kerala government are the legitimate authorities to run the temple affairs.
Several petitions have been submitted before the high court of Kerala. They are against the police attempt to facilitate the temple entry of the atheist-Maoist-anti Hindutva activists like Rehana Fathima, police-supported breach of Sabarimala tradition by ultra-Left anarchists Bindu and Kanakadurga, arrest of the devotees for the simple reason of chanting sharana mantra, police’s destructive attacks on the parked vehicles, illegal custody of BJP leader K. Surendran, etc.
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