The Supreme Court on Friday (December 5, 2025) saw a mercurial few moments when a Tamil Nadu State counsel’s effort for an early listing of an appeal challenging a Madras High Court order allowing worshippers of the Arulmighu Subramaniya Swamy Temple to light lamps at the Deepathoon (stone lamp pillar) atop the Thiruparankundram hill, located close to a dargah, was resisted by the rival camp as an attempt to create “drama”.

The oral mentioning happened as soon as the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant assembled in the courtroom in the morning.

The tension triggered by the High Court decision spilled over into the Supreme Court on Friday morning, shortly after a lawyer appearing for Madurai District Collector K.J. Praveenkumar and police chief J. Loganathan, IPS, urged

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