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The Supreme Court connected Friday (December 5, 2025) saw a mercurial fewer moments erstwhile a Tamil Nadu State counsel’s effort for an aboriginal listing of an appeal challenging a Madras High Court order allowing worshippers of the Arulmighu Subramaniya Swamy Temple to airy lamps astatine the Deepathoon (stone lamp pillar) atop the Thiruparankundram hill, located adjacent to a dargah, was resisted by the rival campy arsenic an effort to make “drama”.
The oral mentioning happened arsenic soon arsenic the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant assembled successful the courtroom successful the morning.
The hostility triggered by the High Court determination spilled implicit into the Supreme Court connected Friday morning, soon aft a lawyer appearing for Madurai District Collector K.J. Praveenkumar and constabulary main J. Loganathan, IPS, urged the Chief Justice to database the petition.
The petition was filed precocious connected December 4, a fewer hours aft the High Court passed its order.
The mentioning took an adversarial code arsenic advocator P.V. Yogeswaran, for the respondents, intervened strongly, accusing the State of playing play successful the Supreme Court. “The State is lone trying to convey to the High Court that it has moved the Supreme Court,” Mr. Yogeswaran interjected.
The State counsel said helium was simply trying to get a listing successful the case. The Chief Justice asked the lawyers to calm down, saying “It is lone 10.30 successful the morning”.
The CJI past turned to the State counsel and said the plea for listing would beryllium considered successful owed course.
On December 4, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court declined a State plea challenging a Single Bench bid for the lighting of the lamp nether Central Industrial Security Force cover.
The High Court had quashed the prohibitory orders imposed nether Section 163 of BNSS successful Tirupparankundram connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025). The justice past directed that the lamp beryllium lit connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) evening.
“December 4 is Sarvalaya Deepam day. Therefore, Karthigai Deepam tin beryllium lit contiguous also. This bid should beryllium work on with the earlier orders passed by the court. Except for deputing the CISF Personnel and the alteration regarding the date, successful each different respects, the directions issued connected December 3 clasp good,” the High Court said, and posted the substance for reporting compliance connected Friday (December 5, 2025) morning.
