The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal against the order of a single judge allowing the lighting of ''Karthigai Deepam'' oil lamp at a stone pillar on the Thirupparankundram hill here.

The court held that the appeal was filed with an ''ulterior motive'' to preempt the contempt action. A bench of Justices G Jayachandran and K K Ramakrishnan declined to interfere with the order of Justice G R Swaminathan allowing the lighting of the lamp on the hill housing the Lord Subramaniya Swamy temple. The division bench said that in the single judge's order dated December 1, 2025, the responsibility to carry out the work (lighting the lamp) was entrusted to the Thirupparankundram Arulmighu Subramania Swamy temple management. Later, having found that the management

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