US EditionT.N. BJP Condemns Opposition’s Bid to Move Impeachment Motion Against Justice Swaminathan
DMK seeks Lok Sabha action against Justice Swaminathan for allegedly overturning a Division Bench ruling on a temple lamp-lighting, amid political tensions with BJP support.
- Seeking parliamentary action, DMK MPs are exploring a Lok Sabha notice to remove Justice G R Swaminathan after his December 1 order, with petitions to be heard on December 12.
- Opposition MPs argue Justice G R Swaminathan's December 1 order showed judicial indiscipline, citing a 2017 Division Bench ruling and noting his May 2024 order was overturned in March 2025.
- Justice G R Swaminathan ordered the petitioner and 10 others to be escorted by the Central Industrial Security Force, warned of harsh contempt consequences after non-compliance, and Hindu groups mobilised, pelting stones at police personnel at Thirupparankundram.
- The Tamil Nadu BJP on December 9 condemned Opposition MPs’ impeachment motion and Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagenthran called it 'utterly shameful' with no moral right, while state BJP leaders accused the DMK of intimidation and arrests over derogatory remarks.
- Impeachment requires at least 100 Lok Sabha signatures, and with BJP backing the order, the dispute raises political stakes ahead of approaching Assembly elections under the Judges Inquiry Act, 1968.
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A High Court Judge Gives Hindus Their Right, Defying The Dravidianist Establishment, And 'Secular' Parties Want Him Gone
If there was ever proof that the secular establishment sees Hindu rights as a threat, the impeachment campaign against Justice GR Swaminathan is it. For decades, MPs who now parade as champions of “judicial integrity” have watched judges flirt with corruption, bend the law for political patrons, and sermonise against Hindu traditions. Not once did they reach for Article 124. Yet the moment a judge insists that a Hindu ritual be allowed in accord…
A Madras High Court judge sided with a temple in Tamil Nadu, ordering the state government to light lamps on special occasions as part of Hindu tradition. Because a nearby dargah objected to the lighting of lamps, the entire opposition united against the judge. Is the opposition's demand for impeachment justified?
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Tamil Nadu News, Chennai News, Tamil Cinema News, Tamil News, Tamil Movie News, Power Shutdown in ChINDIA bloc MPs submit impeachment notice against judge over lamp lighting row
A delegation of INDIA bloc MPs submitted an impeachment notice against Madras High Court Judge Justice GR Swaminathan with 120 signatures. The move followed the Thiruparankundram Karthigai Deepam row.
DMK explores motion to remove HC judge over Madurai temple lamp row: Who is Justice G R Swaminathan?
Justice Swaminathan, a Madras High Court judge, is not new to limelight, has been criticised by his detractors for leading his courtroom to the front line of Tamil Nadu’s culture wars
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