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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court connected Friday rejected the Tamil Nadu government’s plea to modify its earlier bid suspending a one-man enquiry committee and the SIT probe into the Karur stampede, which claimed 41 lives.
The seat of Justices JK Maheswari and Vijay Bishnoi emphasised, "We privation everything to beryllium just and impartial."During the hearing, elder advocator P Wilson, representing the Tamil Nadu government, said that the authorities committee would not interfere with the CBI probe and would lone marque recommendations to forestall specified incidents. The seat past asked Wilson to work the notification appointing the committee and reiterated, "We privation everything to beryllium just and impartial."The apex tribunal besides took a captious presumption of a study filed by the registrar wide of the Madras High Court, observing, "There is thing incorrect going connected successful the precocious court. This is not a close happening that is happening successful the precocious court." The study highlighted however a writ petition seeking SOPs for rallies was registered arsenic a transgression writ petition. Wilson and elder advocator Siddharth Luthra requested a transcript of the report, stating they wished to record a reply.
The Karur stampede occurred connected September 27 during a rally of actor-politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). Police had earlier stated that the rally saw a turnout of 27,000 people, astir 3 times the expected 10,000, and attributed the calamity to a seven-hour hold by Vijay successful reaching the venue.On October 13, the Supreme Court had ordered a CBI probe into the incident, noting that the calamity "has shaken the nationalist conscience and deserves a just and impartial investigation."
In the aforesaid order, the tribunal had suspended the state’s directions for appointing a SIT and a one-man enquiry committee and acceptable up a three-member supervisory committee, headed by erstwhile apex tribunal justice Ajay Rastogi, to show the CBI probe.The apical tribunal had besides criticised Justice N Senthilkumar of the Madras High Court for entertaining petitions related to the incident, ordering an SIT probe, and making observations against TVK and its members without making them parties to the case.Earlier, connected October 30, the tribunal had advised a victim’s household to attack the CBI with allegations that they had been threatened by officials, stating, "Except to accidental the same, astatine present, nary further orders are required to beryllium passed connected the interlocutory applications."Noting the governmental undertone of the case, the tribunal said that comments made to the media by apical constabulary officers, "without having respect to the gravity of the incident," could make doubts astir impartiality and the fairness of the investigation.
