Overview
- DMK-led opposition parties are collecting MP signatures to file an impeachment notice against Justice G. R. Swaminathan, with leaders saying they aim to submit it in Parliament as early as Tuesday or Wednesday.
- Two DMK MPs, including one anonymously, claimed the bloc has secured the required 100 Lok Sabha signatures, though the parties are still finalizing when to lodge the motion.
- Justice Swaminathan’s December 1 order directed lighting the Karthigai Deepam at the Deepathoon pillar atop Thirupparankundram and allowed the petitioner and 10 others to perform the ritual with CISF protection.
- The Tamil Nadu government has challenged the order in higher courts, with the Supreme Court admitting the state’s plea and additional appeals pending before a Madras High Court division bench.
- The enforcement push and subsequent resistance triggered protests, detentions, and scuffles at the hill site near a 14th-century dargah, drawing BJP attacks on the state government for allegedly defying a court directive.