two contrasting judgments on rights of Hindus and non-HIndus..

[jacob george]

http://dailypioneer.com/nation/11213-court-outlaws-caste-bar-in-thrissur-temple-board.html

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article2509904.ece

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[anurag ojha]

both are not contra

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[anurag ojha]

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 4:34 AM, anurag ojha <anuragd...@gmail.com> wrote:

both are not contrasting judgments ,rather distinguishable because the interpretation principle and binding nature of bylaws and statute can never stand on same footing .the indepth comment would be made after detail reading of both the judgments operative on different factual matrix and territorial jurisdiction.if possible please attach the copy of both the jural verdict for jurimetric analysis

[jacob george]

its contra to the extent that the Thrissur judgment allows non-savarna hindus to access temple posts while the Madras High Court wants the temple affairs to remain an all-hindu (de facto savarna hindu) affair..

[jacob george]

it would be difficult to get the Thrissur judgment as it is subordinate court..the Madras High Court one should be available online though...

what I tried to highlight was that when it comes to maintaining status quo in holy places the indian judiciary generally toes the conservative line..the Thrissur judgment should be seen in the context of the larger socio-economic background where the backward Ezhava caste has just managed to get one person on the management of the Guruvayoor temple only this year after a century of struggle in Kerala...I am sure similar struggles are on to make the temples in other parts of india more representative of persons of all castes in the hindu religion..