In the Karur Stampede case, after perusing a report sent by the Registrar General of the Madras High Court, the Supreme Court today remarked that there is "something wrong" with the High Court.

A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi directed that the report be shared with the counsels for the parties and called for their response.

It may be recalled that during the hearing of petitions seeking an independent investigation into the stampede, which occurred in Tamil Nadu on September 27 during a rally by actor Vijay's political party TVK, the Supreme Court had raised questions about the manner in which the Madras High Court intervened in the matter.

Firstly, the Supreme Court had wondered how the principal bench of the High Court at Chennai could have directed the formati

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