The DMK on Tuesday submitted a notice with 120 signatures to the Speaker seeking impeachment proceedings against Madras High Court Judge GR Swaminathan, as per sources in the party.

A delegation of INDI bloc MPs handed the impeachment notice to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

The move comes amid the simmering dispute over the lighting of the traditional Karthigai Deepam lamp atop the hill at Thiruparankundram, a site with a temple and a nearby dargah, following the judge’s order permitting the ritual.

According to the judge’s verdict, the lamp was to be lit on the “Deepathoon” pillar by December 4. The decision rejected objections from the temple authorities and dargah management, and asserted this would not infringe on the religious rights of the Muslim community. The court also directed t

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