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Madras High Court reserves orders on Annamalai’s plea to quash case over remarks on Muthuramalinga Thevar
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The Madras High Court has postponed its ruling on Mr. Annamalai’s petition to dismiss a case stemming from his 2023 remarks about Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar’s alleged 1956 warning. The remarks referenced a proposed ‘blood abhishekam’ ritual at the Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple if atheists continued to insult theists. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan reserved the order pending further consideration.
WHY IT MATTERS
The outcome will determine how statements linking religious sentiment to potential violence are treated under Indian law.
Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan defers his verdict in the case over Mr. Annamalai’s 2023 claim that Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, in 1956, warned of performing ‘blood abhishekam’ for Madurai Meenakshi Amman “if atheists continued to insult theists”
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