Overview

• Chief Justice B. R. Gavai listed TVK’s petition for Friday, clubbing it with pleas challenging the High Court’s refusal to order a CBI investigation.
• The party asks for an inquiry overseen by a former Supreme Court judge, saying Madras High Court remarks prejudiced a probe led solely by Tamil Nadu Police.
• On October 3, the High Court termed the stampede a man‑made disaster, appointed IGP Asra Garg to head an SIT, and restricted highway rallies pending SOPs.
• Vijay has begun video calls with bereaved families and has sought DGP clearance to visit Karur to offer condolences in person.
• Police estimate about 27,000 attendees at a venue cleared for roughly 10,000 and cite a seven‑hour delay in Vijay’s arrival; state and TVK have announced compensation packages.