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A Supreme Court Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and N.V. Anjaria are scheduled to perceive connected Friday (October 10, 2025) a petition filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to name a erstwhile apex tribunal justice to oversee the probe into the Karur stampede which claimed 41 lives.
TVK has urged that a “pre-planned conspiracy by definite miscreants to make occupation astatine the tract of the rally cannot beryllium ruled out”.
The petition challenges observations made by the Madras High Court successful a suo motu hearing, including that the TVK leadership, led by president Joseph Vijay, fled the country of the tragedy.
The petition pointed retired that the High Court seemed to contradict itself by archetypal voicing doubts astir the “independence” of the Tamil Nadu Police probe lone to transportation it to a Special Investigation Team of the State Police personnel.
TVK said it’s enactment did not “flee” the stampede, but was pursuing the directions of the territory police.
“It was not with immoderate intent to evade oregon wantonness the situation. The volition was lone to guarantee that a calm situation could beryllium instantly restored and the crowds dispersed quickly,” the peculiar permission petition said.
While departing the country successful the involvement of nationalist order, TVK said neither Mr. Vijay nor different elder enactment leaders were alert of the tragic nonaccomplishment of beingness that was occurring”.
The petition claimed a lathi complaint was conducted by the constabulary connected respective of the party’s cadre who were inactive contiguous astatine the site.
“The undue unit utilized by the constabulary resulted successful the assemblage being forcibly dispersed, thereby restricting the quality of the enactment cadre to stay astatine the determination and proceed to rendered assistance to the affected persons,” TVK submitted.
The party-petitioner said its aesculapian squad nevertheless bravely stayed to administer to the injured and instrumentality them to the waiting ambulances.
The enactment had lone acted “in a mode accordant with its obligations towards nationalist information and instrumentality enforcement”.
The petition besides objected to the High Court observations that determination was nary “statement, nary look of work regarding the occurrence” from the TVK leaders.
The enactment said “Mr. Vijay was profoundly shaken by the tragedy” and has already made aggregate verified nationalist statements expressing “grief, extending condolences and announcing worldly assistance to victims and their families”.
