Overview

• The Supreme Court reserved its order after Friday’s hearing and is slated to pronounce directions on Monday, October 13, on pleas over the Karur stampede probe.
• Justices J. K. Maheshwari and N. V. Anjaria questioned why a Single Judge in Chennai ordered an SIT in a petition seeking only an SOP for rallies and raised the issue of overlapping jurisdiction with the Madurai bench.
• The court asked Tamil Nadu why TVK’s September 27 rally was permitted in Karur when AIADMK was previously denied the same venue and noted reports of turnout far exceeding the permitted capacity.
• The bench sought an explanation for how 41 autopsies were conducted overnight within a few hours, with the state saying hundreds of medical staff were mobilised and promising a detailed affidavit.
• TVK urged a judge-monitored independent probe and asked that adverse High Court remarks be expunged, while victims’ families and BJP leaders pressed for a CBI investigation as the state-led SIT continues preliminary work.