Archive · 20 Jan 2026
Madras High Court Criticizes Officials Over Obscene Dances
The Madras High Court is upset with the officials in Tamil Nadu because they are not stopping some dances that the court thinks are not appropriate.
These dances are happening during a festival at a famous temple.
The court has already told the officials to stop these dances before, but they haven't done enough to fix the problem.
The judges want the officials to follow the court's directions and make sure the festival is respectful.
Madras High Court criticized state authorities for not stopping obscene dance performances during the Desara festival.
The court has previously issued directions to curb such performances but feels they have not been implemented effectively.
A division bench of Justices Anita Sumanth and C Kumarappan is handling the PIL against the state's inaction.
The festival in question is held at the Arulmigu Mutharamman Thirukovil temple in Kulasekarapattinam.
The court emphasized that the state is bound by its earlier directions to address the issue.
- Who
- Madras High Court
- What
- Expressed dissatisfaction with authorities over obscene dance performances during the Desara festival
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu
- Why
- To address the failure of state authorities to implement court directions
- Court
- Madras High Court
- Festival
- Desara festival
- Temple
- Arulmigu Mutharamman Thirukovil
- Location
- Kulasekarapattinam, Tamil Nadu
- Judges
- Justices Anita Sumanth and C Kumarappan
- Issue
- Obscene dance performances during the festival