A crucial verdict is awaited from the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court in the long-running Thiruparankundram Kartikai Deepam controversy. The case relates to the traditional lighting of Kartikai Deepam on the hilltop near the Sikandar Badusha Dargah, following a December order by a single-judge bench directing that the lamp be lit atop the historic Deepa Thoon (stone lamp pillar).