US EditionThirupparankundram Row: HC Permits Fasting in Support of Lighting Lamp at Deepathoon
Madurai Bench allows a one-day hunger strike with strict rules limiting participants to 50 and banning slogans to demand relighting of the Karthigai Deepam.
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"No Legal Right For Devotees To Light Deepam At Deepathoon", Says DMK Govt, Continues To Oppose Lighting Deepam Atop Thirupparankundram
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday, 12 December 2025, informed the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) that devotees who approached the court seeking permission to light the Karthigai Deepam lamp at the Thirupparankundram Hills “cannot claim such lighting as a legal right,” arguing that Article 226 powers cannot be invoked to change a longstanding religious custom. A Division Bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan heard a bat…
Madras High Court Allows Peaceful Hunger Strike for Deepathoon Lighting
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday permitted a peaceful hunger strike to be held at Thiruparankundram on December 13, demanding permission to light the Karthigai Deepam on the Deepathoon atop the hill. India News | Madras High Court Allows Peaceful Hunger Strike for Deepathoon Lighting.
Madras High Court allows peaceful hunger strike for Deepathoon lighting
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday permitted a peaceful hunger strike to be held at Thiruparankundram on December 13, demanding permission to light the Karthigai Deepam on the Deepathoon atop the hill.
On the occasion of Karthigai Deepath, Judge G.R. Swaminathan of the Madurai branch of the Madras High Court had ordered on the 1st (01.12.2025) that the lamp should be lit on the lamp pillar at the top of the Thiruparankundram hill. Following that order, on the occasion of Karthigai Deepath, on the 4th (04.12.2025), the Karthigai Deepath was lit at the nearby Pillaiyar temple instead of lighting it on the lamp pillar at the top of the Thiruparan…
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