{"id":40336,"date":"2015-12-10T06:08:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T00:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40336"},"modified":"2015-12-10T06:08:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T00:38:59","slug":"hc-directs-authorities-to-go-slow-on-renovation-of-temples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-directs-authorities-to-go-slow-on-renovation-of-temples","title":{"rendered":"HC Directs Authorities to &#8216;Go Slow&#8217; on Renovation of Temples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/temples.png?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40337\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"40337\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-directs-authorities-to-go-slow-on-renovation-of-temples\/temples\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/temples.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"temples\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/temples.png?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40337\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/temples.png?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"temples\" \/><\/a>The Madras High Court today directed the Hindu Religious &amp; Charitable Endowment Department to &#8220;go slow&#8221; on conducting renovation works of temples having archaeological importance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do believe that the HR&amp;CE department must go slow in the matter of renovations of temples and heritage ought not to be destroyed&#8221;, the first Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana said on a suo motu PIL initiated after going through some media reports.<\/p>\n<p>A large number of monuments were stated to be unprotected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) or the state government without a comprehensive list of their sites, despite the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention having been ratified by India in 1977, the bench said.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting &#8220;improper&#8221; renovation works being undertaken by the government resulting in damage to idols and heritage temples, PILs were filed and the court took suo motu proceedings and appointed a committee headed by senior advocate P S Raman as amicus curiae.<\/p>\n<p>The committee has already submitted two interim reports.<\/p>\n<p>After going through the reports, the bench in its order said &#8220;though a National Commission for the Heritage Sites Bill was introduced in 2009, nothing has come of it.<\/p>\n<p>Going through the report by the amicus curiae, the judges said that &#8220;if repairs and renovation works went on ignoring essentials, then there is every possibility of more destruction rather than repair and renovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indian Institute Technology-Madras (IIT-M) could be involved and assistance of UNESCO international experts and persons with relevant expertise and necessary equipments should be roped in.<\/p>\n<p>Till such a mechanism is evolved, only urgent repairs should be done on ancient temples, the benchs said and posted the matter for further hearing to January 25, 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court today directed the Hindu Religious &amp; 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