SUO MOTU Vs. STATE OF KERALA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This DBP is registered suo motu on the basis of a complaint submitted by one T. Suganthi, dtd. 4/2/2022. In that complaint, she has narrated the difficulties faced by the physically challenged persons during their darshan in temples.

(2.) In her complaint, T. Suganthi narrated the difficulties she faced during her visit to the Sree Vadakkumnathan Temple at Thrissur on 1/2/2024. The temple authorities insisted that she leave her wheelchair at the outer entrance and informed her that wheelchairs are not permitted inside the Nalambalam of the temple.

(3.) T. Suganthi is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a physically challenged woman who is unable to move without a wheelchair, both her legs having limited mobility due to poliomyelitis.