'Who are you to question govt policy?': SC stays Madras HC order on jobs for relatives of Karur stampede victims
4 sources·Updated August 14, 2026
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- Mint News·15h agoKarur stampede case: Vijay-led TVK govt gets relief as SC halts order cancelling jobs for victims' kin; what did it say?
The Supreme Court has halted a ruling by the Madras High Court that invalidated Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's decision to offer jobs to relatives of Karur stampede victims, which resulted in 41 deaths.
Read at Mint News → - Scroll.in India·16h agoSC stays Madras HC order quashing government jobs for kin of Karur stampede victims
The lawyers appearing for the state submitted that the government was within its powers to grant compassionate appointments as a policy decision.
Read at Scroll.in India → - Deccan Chronicle Ent·20h agoSC Stays HC Order Quashing Jobs For Karur Stampede Victims’ Kin
Bench questions PIL challenging Tamil Nadu government’s policy to provide employment to relatives of those killed in the tragedy
Read at Deccan Chronicle Ent → - Hindustan Times India·20h ago'Who are you to question govt policy?': SC stays Madras HC order on jobs for relatives of Karur stampede victims
The Madras high court had held that public employment had to conform to Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
Read at Hindustan Times India →
