New Delhi:
The Supreme Court has sought a reply from the Madras High Court on the rules being followed in the listing and hearing of cases, observing that “something wrong” is happening there. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi made the observation while hearing the Karur stampede case, taking note of a report sent by the Registrar General of the Madras High Court.
Issuing a notice and making the Registrar of Madras High Court a party in the case linked to superstar Vijay’s TVK party, the top court said that it will look into the rules being followed in the high court.
“Something wrong is happening in the High Court. We need to see…,” Justice JK Maheshwari observed.
Earlier, while hearing the TVK’s petition challenging the Madras High Court’s order for a probe by a Special Investigation Team, the Supreme Court had flagged “impropriety” on the part of the Chennai bench.
The top court had taken a strong exception to the order directing an SIT probe when the petition was just seeking guidelines to hold roadshows. This order was also in conflict with an earlier order passed by the Madurai bench of the high court refusing a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
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