Almost 107 Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and other opposition parties have moved a motion in Parliament to impeach Madras High Court judge Justice GR Swaminathan. The impeachment motion moved in the Lok Sabha alleged that Justice Swaminathan has been deciding cases on the basis of a "particular political ideology" and against the secular principles of the Constitution of India. The MPs have sought the judge's impeachment, calling into question his conduct with respect to impartiality and transparency. The motion also stated that Justice Swaminathan has been showing undue favouritism to Senior Advocate M Sricharan Ranganathan as well as other lawyers from "a particular community" while deciding cases. Among the signatories to

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