Muslim shopkeepers of Sri Bhramramba Mallikarjuna Swamy temple advanced in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh have hailed the Supreme Court order directing that outlets be auctioned to folks of different religions who have already got store licenses within the temple premises. shouldn’t be prevented from collaborating.
The public sale course of within the premises of this temple – often called Srisailam temple – was referred to as off by the state authorities in August 2019 after some Hindu teams citing AP Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments in non-religious instances. The participation of Hindus was opposed. Act, 1987, which prohibits non-Hindus from working close to temples.
The apex court docket bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice BV Nagarathna directed that “no tenant/shopkeeper shall be excluded from participating in the auction or from the grant of leases merely on the ground of his religion”.
The instructions got in two petitions on Friday—one filed by a bunch of 21 Muslim shopkeepers from Srisailam, and the opposite, a contempt petition, filed by a store proprietor exterior the Kanaka Durga temple in Vijayawada. was achieved. The bench merged each the petitions.
In January 2017, the Srisailam temple administration started work on widening the 2 fundamental roads resulting in the temple, requiring a minimum of 50 outlets to be demolished. The administration had assured the store homeowners that they’d be allotted new outlets close by. 21 out of fifty store homeowners are Muslims.
The temple administration constructed the Sri Lalithambika buying advanced for the brand new outlets, however when the public sale was to happen in 2019, a number of Hindu teams led by Bajrang Dal and native BJP member Srikanth Reddy cited AP Charitable for non-Hindu involvement. objected. Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987.
While the state authorities had put the public sale on maintain, Endowments Minister Vellampalli Srinivas transferred the temple government officer (EO) to quell the anger.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
