Enter search text:Deepam row: SC issues notice on Tamil Nadu govt's plea, refuses to stay HC orderPTILast Updated: Aug 03, 2026, 12:08:00 PM ISTSynopsisThe Supreme Court will hear Tamil Nadu's plea challenging a High Court order. This order permits lighting a lamp on Thirupparankundram hill during a festival. The state government contested the Madras High Court's January sixth decision. The top court issued a notice to original petitioners but refused a stay. Tamil Nadu's plea was tagged with a pending matter and adjourned.PTIDeepam row: SC issues notice on Tamil Nadu govt's plea, refuses to stay HC orderNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea of the Tamil Nadu government challenging the Madras High Court order allowing the lighting of a lamp on the Thirupparankundram hill in the state.A bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi issued a notice to original petitioners Rama Ravikumar and others but refused to stay the high court order.The top court tagged Tamil Nadu's plea with the pending matter and adjourned it.Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay-led state government has challenged the January 6 order of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court that upheld the single judge's order of December 1, 2025, which had ordered that the ceremonial lamp be lit on the festival day.Read More News on