DMK lawmakers are planning to move impeachment motion against Madras High Court judge Justice GR Swaminathan after his order sent Tamil Nadu into a major legal and political firestorm. This unprecedented step follows the judge’s controversial order directing that the Karthigai Deepam lamp be lit on the Deepathoon pillar at Thiruparankundram, a location situated close to the Sikandar Badusha Dargah and long considered sensitive. The state government refused to carry out the order citing law-and-order risks, even as pro-Hindu groups clashed with police when the temple did not light the lamp as mandated.

The DMK argues that Justice Swaminathan’s directive not only contradicts a 2017 Division Bench ruling but also has the potential to trigger communal tensions mere months before Assembly el

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