Justices N Sathish Kumar and M Jothiraman, while dismissing the appeal, observed, “In our culture, father occupies a revered place next to mother and higher than teacher and the divine, as expressed in the traditional saying ‘Matha (mother), Pitha (father), Guru (Teacher), Deivam (God)’.””

“Justices N Sathish Kumar and M Jothiraman, while dismissing the appeal, observed, “In our culture, father occupies a revered place next to mother and higher than teacher and the divine, as expressed in the traditional saying ‘Matha (mother), Pitha (father), Guru (Teacher), Deivam (God)’.””
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