Tamil Actor Vijay's political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Madras High Court's order which constituted a Special Investigation team to investigate the Karur stampede.

The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice of India BR Gavai for urgent listing. CJI agreed to list the petition on Friday, when another connected petition - challenging the High Court's refusal to transfer the investigation to the CBI - is also listed.

The petition has been filed through the party's secretary Aadhav Arjuna.

In the order passed on October 3, the Madras High Court passed critical remarks against TVK and Vijay, saying that they abandoned the place after the incident and that they did not express any remorse. The stampede, which occurred on September

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