1. Every stone placed on roadside cannot become an idol: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has lamented the prevalent “superstitious beliefs” of placing a stone on a roadside, draping it with a cloth and performing rituals to claim that it had been elevated to the level of an idol, and therefore, could not be removed at will, irrespective of the inconvenience caused by it to nearby property owners.
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh directed the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Pallavaram Range in Chengalpattu district to remove one such stone that had been placed at the entrance to a private property
