New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking urgent directions to protect the independence of the judiciary and to prevent “intimidation and communalisation of judicial orders” following recent rulings delivered by Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court permitting the centuries-old Deepam ceremony at the Thiruparankundram temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and P.B. Varale sought res…
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Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday permitted an advocate to move a lunch motion seeking to restrain the reported release of a Tamil book that allegedly portrays Justice G. R. Swaminathan as a sympathiser of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in connection with his verdict in the Thirupparankundram Karthigai Deepam case. The First Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, accepted a request made by advocate B. Jaganna…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Piyush Goyal, on Tuesday, welcomed the division bench judgment of the Madras High Court, which permitted the centuries-old Deepastham ritual of lighting the sacred lamp atop the Thiruparankundram Hill, calling it justice for devotees and a reaffirmation of constitutional religious freedom. Addressing a press conference at the BJP’s central office in New Delhi, Union Minister Goyal said the judgment had complete…
Chennai, Jan 6 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will approach the Supreme Court of India against the Madras High court (Madurai Bench) order permitting the lighting of a lamp at the ‘deepa thoon (lamp pillar)’ atop Thirupparankundram hill, as introducing a completely new practice through a judicial order is fundamentally wrong, State Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Raghupathi said on Tuesday.Speaking to reporters in Chennai, the Minister said the government was compelled t…
Chennai, Jan 6 (IANS) The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier order directing that the traditional Karthigai Deepam be lit on the hilltop at Thiruparankundram Hill, dismissing an appeal filed by the Tamil Nadu government and the temple administration.The verdict was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justices G. Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan, which affirmed the order passed by single judge Justice G.R. Swaminathan.The single judge had earlier directed t…