Madurai: In a day of dramatic developments, Justice G R Swaminathan of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday revoked the prohibitory orders imposed in Thiruparankundram and allowed lighting of a lamp on the occasion of Karthigai Deepam atop the hill, which is close to a dargah.

Despite the order, the Tamil Nadu government stood firm in its decision not to allow lighting of the lamp at the Deepathoon and stopped activists of Hindu outfits from climbing the hill. “We are challenging the order,” the local police announced and asked activists to leave the village or get arrested.

Justice Swaminathan’s order came hours after a division bench dismissed the Tamil Nadu government’s appeal challenging justice Swaminathan’s Wednesday order asking CISF personnel guarding the high c

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