India, Feb. 2 -- Tamil Nadu DGP has told the Supreme Court that police have taken necessary action and cases have been registered against protesters who allegedly made caste and religion-based defamatory remarks against Justice GR Swaminathan of Madras High Court following his order allowing the lighting of 'Karthigai Deepam' oil lamp on the Thirupparankundram temple hill in Madurai.

In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, DGP G Venkataraman also submitted that instructions have already been issued to all superintendents of police in districts and others to take immediate and effective action to ensure that no such book having such pictorial representations, statements, caricatures, or contents tending to scandalise the Court/Judge i...