{"id":32171,"date":"2014-02-13T14:25:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T08:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=32171"},"modified":"2014-02-13T14:25:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T08:55:25","slug":"sc-tells-karnataka-check-devadasis-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-tells-karnataka-check-devadasis-practice","title":{"rendered":"SC tells Karnataka to check Devadasis practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/devdasi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-tells-karnataka-check-devadasis-practice\/devdasi\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/devdasi.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"devdasi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/devdasi.jpg?fit=225%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32172\" alt=\"devdasi\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/devdasi.jpg?resize=225%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/devdasi.jpg?w=225&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/devdasi.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/02\/devdasi.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka&#8217;s chief secretary to ensure that no girls are offered Thursday night or Friday as devotees to temples in a practice known as Devadasis.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, while issuing notice to the Karanataka government directed the chief secretary to take all &#8220;preventive measure in the conduct of the programmes to be held in the early hours of Feb 14, where girls are being dedicated as devotees to the temple&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also direct the chief secretary (to ensure) that no such incident (of dedicating girls as devotees to temples) takes place either on Feb 13 or Feb 14.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As counsel for a PIL petitioner mentioned the matter before the court, the chief justice observed: &#8220;Such an important matter and you (petitioner&#8217;s counsel) come at such belated stage?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Source:IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court Thursday directed Karnataka&#8217;s chief secretary to ensure that no girls are offered Thursday night or Friday as devotees to temples in a practice known as Devadasis. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. 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