Overview

• A bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran agreed to list the case after noting the challenge to the High Court order.
• The petition seeks a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the September 27 crush at actor-politician Vijay’s TVK event.
• The Madras High Court on October 3 set up an SIT led by IG Asra Garg and dismissed a request for a CBI probe, directing the petitioner to move the Madurai bench.
• Police say 41 people were killed and more than 60 injured, with an estimated 27,000 attendees at a venue planned for far fewer.
• Investigators and police accounts have flagged severe overcrowding and a prolonged delay in Vijay’s arrival as contributing factors.