New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its order on October 13 on a batch of pleas seeking an independent investigation into the Karur stampede incident in which 41 people lost their lives.

A bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and N V Anjaria will pronounce the verdict on the pleas.

On Friday, the top court, while reserving its orders, had questioned the Madras High Court for constituting a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the stampede and wondered how it had proceeded with the matter.

“We are unable to understand how this order was passed? How did the single bench in the Chennai Bench proceed with the matter when the division bench in Madurai was considering the matter?

“In my experience of over 15 years as a judge, a single bench holds back if the division b

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