The BJPe vs ruling DMK battle over live telecast of the Ayodhya Ram temple consecration in Tamil Nadu shrines reached the SupremCourt on Monday, with the apex court asking the authorities to act in accordance with the law and not based on any oral instructions. In the Madras High Court, the state government submitted no permission was needed for related functions in private enclosures. The HC held Bhakti towards God is only for peace and happiness and not to disturb the social equilibrium.