IndiaThe Supreme Court of India has agreed to review the Madras High Court's decision allowing the Karthigai Deepam, a religious festival, to be held at a stone pillar near a dargah in Madurai. The Tamil Nadu government, under the current administration led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, has appealed the high court's December 2025 and January 2026 orders, which permitted the event at the Deepa Thoon. The Supreme Court denied an interim stay of the high court's directives and questioned the state's delayed pursuit of the appeal. The case involves a dispute between the temple authorities and the state over the location of the festival, with the high court ruling in favor of the temple's claim to the site. The state argues that the delay in prosecution of the appeal is due to the volume of records involved.
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