The High Court of Telangana has directed the entire district judiciary in the state not to celebrate or organise any kind of religious functions or ceremonies inside the court premises.
In a circular issued last week, the Registrar General of the High Court said that it was recently brought to the notice of the High Court that religious functions and ceremonies were being organised in the premises of district courts.
Citing the circulars issued on May 20, 1987 and May 14, 2020, the Registrar General said the judicial officers and even the Judges in the state have time and again been instructed to restrain from using the court premises for holding religious functions or events, even if the same were being organised by either the Advocates, Bar Associations, or even the courts themselves.
The circular instructed all Unit Heads in the state to direct the judicial officers working under them to ensure that no religious functions or ceremonies were held in court premises in future.
They were further directed to avoid such events, if the same were being held in the court premises.
The High Court warned that if any Unit Head or Judicial Officer failed to comply with the said instructions, then the conduct would be viewed seriously.