Overview

• The bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and N.V. Anjaria reserved its order after hearing TVK, victims’ petitioners, and Tamil Nadu on the September 27 tragedy that left 41 dead.
• The court flagged conflicting High Court actions, asking why the Chennai principal bench ordered an SIT when the Madurai bench was already seized of related pleas and had declined a CBI transfer.
• Tamil Nadu was asked why TVK’s Karur event was permitted while SOPs for rallies were still being finalized and how postmortems for 41 bodies were completed overnight in four to five hours; the state promised an affidavit and said doctors were mobilized.
• TVK sought an independent probe under a retired Supreme Court judge and removal of adverse remarks about Vijay, BJP petitioners pressed for a CBI investigation, and the state opposed a CBI handover while defending the SIT’s integrity.
• The SIT, headed by IPS officer Asra Garg, continues fact-finding as reports note attendance far exceeded the permitted limit, with police citing a lengthy delay in Vijay’s arrival as a factor under scrutiny.