The Supreme Court of India is set to hear on Friday (October 10) a special leave petition filed by BJP leader Uma Anandan, challenging the Madras High Court's refusal to transfer the investigation into the Karur stampede to the CBI. The plea comes amid ongoing scrutiny of the tragic incident that claimed more than 40 lives during a political rally by actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay.

Significantly, the Madras High Court's principal bench in Chennai on October 3 rejected multiple pleas for a CBI investigation while constituting a Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by senior IPS officer Asra Garg. The court also imposed a temporary ban on large political rallies in the state to prevent recurrences, emphasising that “this court is not a political arena.”

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