Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MPs led by Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Tuesday filed a petition with Speaker Om Birla searching for the removing of Madras Excessive Court docket decide Justice GR Swaminathan.
Lawmakers from the Indian bloc questioned the conduct of the Madurai decide and questioned the “impartiality, transparency and secular functioning of the judiciary”.
The movement was filed beneath Article 217 learn with Article 124 of the Structure of India, which gives for the governance and removing of Excessive Court docket judges.
In a letter, the lawmakers urged the Home to cross a movement to question Decide Swaminathan, saying his actions elevate “grave questions.” The letter accused the decide of displaying undue favoritism to senior advocate M. Sricharan Ranganathan whereas deciding the case and “favoring advocates from a specific group.”
The petition alleged that Justice Swaminathan rendered judgments based mostly on “explicit political ideology” and in a way inconsistent with the secular ideas of the Structure.
The impeachment costs come within the backdrop of Justice Swaminathan’s verdict permitting the lighting of the standard Karthigai Deepam lamp on the ‘Deepathoon’ pillar of the Subramaniya Swamy temple on Tirupparankundram hill. The pillar is positioned on the highest of the hill close to the dargah and the transfer has raised objections not solely from the Madurai authorities but in addition from the folks. The federal government finally refused to implement the order, citing legislation and order considerations, which led to violent protests by native pro-Hindu teams.
As many as 107 members of the Indian bloc alliance, together with DMK, Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC), signed the impeachment movement. The letter was additionally despatched to the places of work of the President of India and the Chief Justice of India.
Bharatiya Janata Get together nationwide secretary Dr Arvind Menon, in a put up on X, referred to as the plea “anti-Hindu bigotry”.
disgrace on you @aribalayam And the INDI alliance is stooping too low!
Are you bullying Justice Swaminathan with threats of impeachment simply because he supported Tamil traditions like Karthigai Deepam on Thiruparankundram hills?
This isn’t politics however anti-Hindu bigotry in disguise. pic.twitter.com/1Mgebt1Uk4
–Dr. Arvind Menon (@MenonArvindBJP) December 9, 2025
Reacting to the impeachment transfer in opposition to X, former BJP Tamil Nadu president Ok Annamalai accused the Indian bloc of “flaunting its anti-Hindu credentials like a badge of honor”.
(Edited by Insha Jalil Waziri)
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