107 oppn MPs submit notice to remove Madras HC judge over lamp-lighting order

As galore arsenic 107 MPs, including those from Congress, DMK and Samajwadi Party, signed the exertion which accuses Justice Swaminathan of misconduct, saying his functioning has raised questions implicit "impartiality, transparency and secular nature" of the judiciary.One of the grounds cited successful the announcement by the absorption against the Madras HC justice is "deciding cases connected the ground of peculiar governmental ideology and against secular principles of Indian Constitution". DMK MP Kanimozhi handed implicit the announcement to Birla. She was joined by Priyanka Gandhi and Gaurav Gogoi of Congress and Akhilesh Yadav of SP, among others.

Oppn accuses Madras HC justice of showing 'undue favouritism'

The justice is besides accused of showing "undue favouritism" to a elder advocator and lawyers from a peculiar community.

Supriya Sule of NCP(SP) and Asaduddin Owaisi of AIMIM were besides among the signatories.At slightest 100 MPs are required to enactment a question to region a judge, and it is present for Birla to survey the grounds connected which they person sought the question for his removal and verify the signatories earlier helium decides connected admitting the notice.The judgement has sparked a governmental row, with DMK raising the contented successful Lok Sabha past week. Party MP TR Baalu accused BJP of trying to spark communal tensions successful the state, wherever elections are owed successful a fewer months.

Union curate and BJP MP L Murugan had deed back, accusing the authorities govt of denying devotees their close to worship.Baalu's disapproval of Justice Swaminathan successful Lok Sabha for owing allegiance to a "particular ideology" had drawn a crisp effect from govt, with Union curate Kiren Rijiju emphasising that helium cannot formed aspersions connected the judiciary.Hearing a plea, Justice GR Swaminathan had connected Dec 1 held that Arulmighu Subramania Swamy temple was duty-bound to airy the lamp astatine the 'deepathoon', a chromatic lamp pillar located connected the Thiruparankundram hillock adjacent to the dargah.When authorities did not let it, the azygous seat passed different bid connected Dec 3 permitting devotees themselves to airy the lamp and directed Central Industrial Security Force to guarantee their protection.However, the authorities govt did not instrumentality the bid and has moved Supreme Court challenging the verdict. The Madurai seat of the precocious tribunal had past week dismissed an entreaty filed by Madurai territory collector and metropolis constabulary commissioner.