Case Law Analysis
|Madras High Court
Article 21 & Police Duty | State Must Protect Religious Customs During Pending Litigation : Madras HC Directs Security for Thenur Mandagapadi Ritual
Madras High Court holds that the state cannot cite pending hereditary disputes to deny police protection for recognised religious customs. The court directed targeted security for the Thenur Mandagapadi ritual during the Chithirai Festival, affirming that constitutional obligations to maintain public order and cultural rights supersede procedural delays in title adjudication.