The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain an attempt by Tamil Nadu authorities to mention their special leave petition (SLP) challenging a Madras High Court order on lighting a lamp at the disputed ‘Deepathoon’ site on Thirupparankundram Hill, which houses the Arulmigu Subramanya Swamy Temple, in Madurai.

“No mentioning, thank you,” Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, presiding over a two-judge bench, told the counsel appearing for the petitioners. Mentioning refers to raising petitions that require urgent hearing.

The state’s attempt was stoutly contested by a counsel representing the worshippers. He told the bench that “the state is only playing a drama” and that they sought to mention it “only to tell the high court that they have mentioned before the Supreme Court”.

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