MADURAI HILL HC says no to animal sacrifice, allows prayer on Muslim festivals

THE Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Friday ruled that any animal sacrifice, cooking, carrying or serving of any non-vegetarian food cannot be permitted on Thiruparankundram hill in Madurai, until a decision is rendered by a competent Civil Court with regard to the customary practice of animal sacrifice upon the hill.

- JEGADEESWARI PANDIAN

There is also a statutory bar against the practice on the hill as the same is in violation of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Rules, 1959, the court added.