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Pugalendhi, JJ., addressed a petition wherein writ of mandamus was sought to direct the respondent to issue a Standard Operating Procedure to be followed while re-opening all religious places of worship in physical function.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench dismissed the above stated issue on not finding any merit as the government did not take any decision as to when the temples are to be reopened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, Court in view of the above, cannot issue any direction to the Government to issue a Standard Operating Procedure. [M. Jayabharathi v. State of T.N., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/4EaR2mtD\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine Mad 1137 <\/b><\/a>, decided on 08-06-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court:\u00a0A Division Bench of P.N. Prakash and B. 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