KOCHI: The High Court of Kerala has come forward expressing dissatisfaction in police action at Sabarimala. ‘It was not right to disgrace the judge who had reached Sabarimala. The court did not charge a case voluntarily following the judge’s direction. The police should not view it as an inability of court. Why are the police arresting those who chant ‘saranam’?’ asked High Court while considering the Sabarimala cases.

‘The devotees are just chanting ‘saranam’, they are not shouting slogans that women should not enter Sabarimala; and then how can it be contempt of court?’ observed the court.

However, the government said that the police was just providing protection for the devotees at Sabarimala. ‘The state government or the police cannot take a stand against the Supreme Court. The protesters are trying to stop women from trying to enter Sabarimala. The police will give protection to women who want to enter Sabarimala. We will not force any women to enter Sabarimala’, informed the government.