Star and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam(TVK )primary Vijay|Image Credit: PTI
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), the political celebration established by Tamil star C Joseph Vijay has actually moved the Supreme Court looking for an independent examination led by a previous Supreme Court judge into the September 27 stampede at Karur, which declared 41 lives and left numerous others hurt.
The petition challenges the Madras High Court’s October 3 order making up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Inspector-General of Police Asra Garg to perform a query into the catastrophe.
Submitted through TVK’s secretary Aadhav Arjuna, the petition was discussed before Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai for immediate listing. The CJI consented to note the matter for hearing on Friday (October 10). On the exact same day, the court is likewise set up to hear a different appeal challenging the Madurai Bench of the High Court’s rejection to move the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In its plea, TVK explained that the High Court itself had actually revealed bookings about the impartiality of the State authorities, yet directed the development of an SIT making up just senior officers of the Tamil Nadu cops.
“The petitioner-party along with its leaders are prejudiced by the order which selects an SIT made up exclusively of officers of the State Police, specifically in the face of the observations of the Hon’ble High Court revealing its frustration with the self-reliance of State Police and its conduct, and prejudicial accurate findings versus the petitioner,” the petition mentioned.
The celebration declared the possibility of “a pre-planned conspiracy” by scalawags behind the stampede, and argued that a probe by the State authorities would not be objective and for that reason, an “independent probe where objecting to points of reality can be put” is important.
TVK likewise took objection to important observations made by the High Court versus the celebration and its office-bearers, declaring they were “unproven” and released “in offense of the concepts of natural justice”.
SIT Probe
On October 3, Justice N Senthilkumar, while purchasing the SIT probe, had actually castigated the actor-politician and his celebration for their conduct after the disaster, observing that they had actually “left from the scene” and “deserted” innocent individuals who had actually thronged the place at Velusamypuram in Karur district simply to take a look of Mr. Vijay.
“The coexisting series of occasions plainly develops that, upon getting info that specific people had actually passed out throughout the occasion, the petitioner’s management and celebration cadre took instant and collaborated actions to make sure medical help and relief were offered without hold-up,” the petition declared.
In the October 3 order, Justice Senthilkumar had actually explained the stampede as a “big manufactured catastrophe” and stated the court might not stay a “mute viewer” after experiencing the scale of the disaster, in which a number of ladies and kids had actually passed away. Recording the court’s strong displeasure, the judge likewise kept in mind that the celebration management had actually revealed no regret even after the catastrophe.
The single-judge’s order came hours after a two-judge Bench of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed a batch of petitions, consisting of one submitted by BJP’s Uma Anandan, looking for a CBI probe. A Bench of Justices M. Dhandapani and M Jothiraman had actually observed that the examination was still at a nascent phase which no trustworthy accusations had actually been raised recommending disturbance by the State federal government. “If aggrieved individuals pertain to this court, we will save. Do not treat this court as the political arena,” the Bench had actually stated, including that petitioners might approach the court later on if the probe revealed indications of predisposition.
The Bench had actually directed the State federal government not to approve approval to any political celebration or organisation for performing public conferences on National and State Highways till the basic operating treatments (SOPs) were in location.
According to State cops information, almost 27,000 individuals had actually collected at the rally website, nearly 3 times the anticipated turnout of 10,000. The occasion, held at Velusamypuram on the Karur– Erode Highway, came down into turmoil around 8 p.m. when the crowd rose forward and broke previous barriers as Mr. Vijay took the phase after a hold-up of over 7 hours.
The majority of the victims were females and kids who had actually taken a trip from throughout western Tamil Nadu to see the popular star. Following the event, the cops reserved a number of TVK functionaries, omitting Mr. Vijay, on charges consisting of culpable murder not totaling up to murder, criminal neglect, and misstatement of crowd strength.
Released on October 8, 2025
