{"id":32652,"date":"2026-08-14T12:03:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/supreme-court-stays-madras-hc-order-on-karur-stampede-jobs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T12:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T06:33:43","slug":"supreme-court-stays-madras-hc-order-on-karur-stampede-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/supreme-court-stays-madras-hc-order-on-karur-stampede-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order on Karur Stampede Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Madras High Court order that had struck down Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay\u2019s decision to provide government jobs to relatives of those who died in last year\u2019s Karur stampede.<\/p>\n

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A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran also issued notices to the Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary and other respondents, putting the High Court\u2019s ruling on hold while the matter is considered.<\/p>\n

\u2018Who are you to question government policy?\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

During the hearing, the Supreme Court questioned the PIL petitioner who had challenged the state government\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWho are you to question the policy of the government? Suppose the sole member died in the tragedy, shouldn\u2019t the government give some employment to son or daughter?\u201d the bench observed.<\/p>\n

The remarks came as the court examined the government\u2019s decision to offer employment to families who had lost members in the tragedy.<\/p>\n

Madras HC had quashed Vijay\u2019s order<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court\u2019s intervention comes as a setback to the Madras High Court\u2019s July 27 decision, which had quashed Vijay\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

The High Court had expressed concern that allowing such appointments could \u201copen floodgates\u201d of similar demands in the future.<\/p>\n

A division bench comprising Justices CV Karthikeyan and R Sakthivel had also held that it would not be appropriate to overlook the claims of numerous people already waiting for compassionate appointments in government departments.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court\u2019s stay now puts that order on hold as it considers the challenge to the High Court\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

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