The Supreme Court has sought a reply from the Madras High Court on the rules being followed in listing and hearing cases, observing that “something wrong” appears to be happening there, NDTV reported. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi made the observation while hearing the Karur stampede case, taking note of a report submitted by the Registrar General of the Madras High Court.

The notice also made the Registrar of the Madras High Court a party to the case linked to Actor Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party. Justice Maheshwari remarked, “Something wrong is happening in the High Court. We need to see…” the report says that this remark came as the top court flagged “impropriety” in the Chennai bench’s earlier order.

The controversy arose while the Supreme Court

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