The Madras HC reprimanded opposing a Hindu religious procession through the Muslim dominated area

Any kind of intolerance expressed by any religious group should be stopped

Perambalur (Tamil Nadu) – “Merely because one religious group is dominating in a particular locality, it cannot be a ground to prohibit from celebrating religious festivals or taking processions of other religious groups through those roads,” the Madras High Court gave this decision while hearing a petition. Since many years in V Kalathur, a Muslim-dominated area, religious fanatics have been protesting against the celebrations of Hindu festivals and procession, calling it a ‘sin’.

'Dominance of one religious group cannot prevent religious celebrations of other', says Madras HC after local Muslims object to Hindu procession https://t.co/paFqpqmFp1

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A petition was filed in the Madras High Court. “If religious intolerance is going to be allowed, it is not good for a secular country. Intolerance in any form by any religious group has to be curtailed and prohibited,” the Court observed.

1. The Court said that, if the contention of the private respondent is to be accepted, then it would create a situation in which “minority people cannot conduct any festival or procession in most of the areas in India,”
2. From the year 2012 onwards the Muslims started objecting to some of the Hindu festivals, terming them as sins.”  Fearing this, the Hindus demanded Police protection. They were provided security with certain conditions. There was no protest before 2012.