Day-to-day temple customs are not something that constitutional courts can get into, the Supreme Court underlined today in a plea alleging irregularities in puja rituals at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near Tirupati. "How can courts intervene about how to break a coconut? How to conduct aarti? Temple customs are established practices, not the kind of issues courts can get into," said Chief Justice Of India NV Ramana.

Day-to-day temple customs are not something that constitutional courts can get into, the Supreme Court underlined today in a plea alleging irregularities in puja rituals at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near Tirupati. "How can courts intervene about how to break a coconut? How to conduct aarti? Temple customs are established practices, not the kind of issues courts can get into," said Chief Justice Of India NV Ramana.