Chennai: A Madras High Court order permitting devotees to light a lamp for a Hindu ritual at a hilltop pillar in Madurai, instead of the temple below, has triggered a legal and political storm – with the state government challenging the directive while the district administration continues to block devotees from the site.

The standoff escalated Friday after the Tamil Nadu government filed a Supreme Court appeal against a contempt petition, and a separate appeal before the high court to challenge a single-judge order on the dispute.

The Supreme Court has admitted the state government’s plea and a division bench of the HC will hear the case next on 10 December. Show Full Article

The controversy erupted after Justice G Swaminathan – of Madurai bench of the Madras High Court – on 1 Decem

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