Thirupparankundram row: Supreme Court agrees to hear T.N. government plea, but gives the State no interim relief

The State, represented by senior advocate Jaideep Gupta, said the High Court has created a new tradition. The State said there were no historical records of lighting the lamp on the stone pillar. Of course, it may happen only if such a disturbance is sponsored by the State itself,” the High Court Single Judge Bench had observed. The High Court had urged the State to not “stoop” to that level to achieve a political agenda. The court had reasoned that allowing a few persons to light the lamp and permitting worship was not an unmanageable task, the High Court had noted.