Chennai Court February 1937 Judgments

Sevugan Chettiar and ors. Vs. Karuppan Chettiar and ors.

Court: Chennai

Reported in: AIR1937Mad487

ORDERPandrang Row, J.1. This is a petition to revise the order of the Subdivisional Magistrate, Ramnad, dated 18th January 1937. The order purports to be one made Under Section 144(4). The original order Under Section 144(1) was passed by the Taluk Magistrate of Sivaganga and it related to the performance of what is known as Sevvai Pongal in a certain temple in Nattarasankottai. It is not necessary to go into the merits of the dispute which led to the passing of this order. It is enough to say that there is a small minority in that community to which the temple belongs whose participation in the festival along with the majority of the community is resented by the majority. The Taluk Magistrate passed an order that Sevvai Pongal by the minority was to be per. formed on 19th January and by the majority on 26th January, both being Tuesdays and he directed that neither party should interfere with the celebration of the festival by the other party on the date allotted to it. The minority pr...