A single judge, GR Swaminathan, had issued an order to light the Karthigai Deepam lamp at a temple involved in a land dispute between two groups. Since the order was not implemented, he had also ordered the Dindigul District Collector and SP to appear. In the government’s appeal, a bench of Justices Jayachandran and K.K. Ramakrishnan has issued an interim stay on the single judge’s orders.
