Madras High Court Upholds Religious Equality: Hindu Group Allowed to Use Public Ground Previously Reserved for Christian Events

Nov 01, 2025 12:43 am CST

The Madras High Court has ruled in favor of religious equality by allowing a Hindu group to conduct Annadhanam on a public ground in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul district that had been exclusively used for Christian Easter celebrations for over a century. Justice GR Swaminathan emphasized that government-owned public spaces must be available to all communities without discrimination, stating that exclusion based solely on religious grounds violates Article 15 of the Constitution.