Justice R. Vijayakumar of the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, the tie-breaker judge in the Tirupparankundram hillock case in which a Division Bench had delivered a split verdict, on Friday concurred with the view of Justice S. Srimathy, one of the two members of the Division Bench, that animal sacrifice, cooking, carrying, or serving non-vegetarian food cannot be permitted on the hills for now. He held that the restrictions on animal slaughter and non-vegetarian food must continue till a competent civil court decides the matter. With regard to the name of the hillock, the judge held that it should be called ‘Tirupparankundram’.

Justice J. Nisha Banu, the other member of the Division Bench, had delivered a different verdict, warranting the nomination of the third judge.

Justice Srimat

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