The Madras High Court has refused to review an order passed by it hailing the prevalence of religious harmony in the country while imposing costs of ₹25,000 on Hindu Munnetra Kazhagam (HMK) president K. Gopinath for filing a case against the construction of a mosque in Chennai.
First Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay V. Gangapurwala and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy dismissed the review petition filed by Mr. Gopinath against the April 17, 2023, order passed by a Division Bench comprising the then Acting Chief Justice T. Raja and Justice Chakravarthy.
“The Division Bench of this court, under the order sought to be reviewed, has considered the locus of the applicant so also the fact of religious harmony in India. No new grounds are set up in review. The review cannot be entertained as an appeal in disguise,” the Bench led by the Chief Justice wrote.
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