Courts & Faith
Rulings on temples, rituals, festivals, religious freedom and sacred sites. 19 stories so far.
Madras High Court gives HR&CE two months to settle appeals in the Karur Kalyāṇa Paśupatīśvarar temple land case
Of 129 occupants ordered to vacate temple land, 101 have appeals pending before the HR&CE Commissioner.
Supreme Court stays the Madras High Court order that set up a board to run the Chidambaram Naṭarāja temple
The hereditary Podhu Dīkṣitars keep charge of the Sabhānāyakar temple while the court hears their appeal.
Supreme Court refuses to move the Tirumala ghee adulteration trial out of Andhra Pradesh
The case over ghee supplied for Śrī Veṅkaṭeśvara's laḍḍu prasādam will be tried in the State, under a CBI-supervised probe.
November 2026
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Supreme Court closes the Ayodhya temple donations petitions and leaves the case to the trial court
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Supreme Court permits certified green crackers in Delhi-NCR on 7 and 8 November, ahead of Dīpāvalī
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Gujarat High Court restores restrictions on non-vegetarian food near Somnath temple within hours of a single judge quashing them
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Madras High Court orders HR&CE to ensure a living wage for temple staff, delinking pay from each temple's income
October 2026
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Madras High Court rules non-Hindus must sign an undertaking of reverence for the deity before entering Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu
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CB-CID files chargesheet in the sale of ₹16 crore of Palani matha land dedicated in 1888
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Former IAS officer asks Supreme Court to quash six-stanza Vande Mataram orders, calling the added verses a religious invocation
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Calcutta High Court orders judicial inquiry into Chorbagan Durgā Pūjā stampede that killed 19
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Madras High Court raps Tamil Nadu for citing mosques to deny RSS route march
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Sabarimala gold theft: Kerala High Court rejects accused jeweller's plea to travel abroad
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Supreme Court quashes UP Police data demand against journalist who reported Ram Mandir donation theft
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Supreme Court declines to ban Diwali firecrackers: "We will not hurt religious sentiments"
September 2026
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Supreme Court rules out a total firecracker ban for Dīpāvalī and will fix time windows
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Supreme Court quashes NSA detention of alleged Sambhal violence mastermind
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Supreme Court reserves verdict on Sambhal Jama Masjid and Harihar temple survey challenge
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Allahabad High Court: an Arya Samaj certificate alone does not prove a valid Hindu marriage
