The Madras High Court, on Monday (October 27, 2025), directed Tamil Nadu government to frame within 10 days a draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the conduct of political meetings and rallies in the State in order to avoid mishaps such as the Karur stampede which claimed 41 lives during actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay’s political campaign on September 27.

Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan told Additonal Advocate General J. Ravindran the draft SOP must be placed before the court by November 11 failing which they would order that applications seeking permission for political meets must be made 10 days before the event and the police must dispose them at least three days in advance.

The interim order was passed on a writ petition filed

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