Chennai, June 26 -- The Madurai bench of the Madras high court delivered a split verdict on a batch of pleas filed involving the Thiruparankundram Hill which was in the spotlight during the Murugan conference after right wing groups took offence to meat eating on the hilltop which has both a Murugan temple and a dargah.

The different pleas sought renaming the Thiruparankundram hill as Sikander hill, renaming the Samanar (Jain) hill, permitting animal sacrifice, and construction work.

The bench comprising justices J Nisha Banu and S Srimathy were in agreement that the hill cannot be renamed and a clutch of other issues but they differed on animal sacrifice.

Justice Banu permitted animal sacrifices saying it is a religious practice of bo...