Job for families of victims of Karur stampede: HC grants time to State to file counter
The Madras High Court has granted the Tamil Nadu government more time to file a counter-affidavit regarding public interest litigation challenging job appointments for victims of the Karur stampede. The court previously allowed the government to proceed with the appointments on a temporary basis, pending judicial review of whether the process follows established compassionate ground guidelines.
Why it matters
This case highlights the legal tension between government policy decisions and judicial oversight regarding the distribution of state-funded compensation and employment.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday granted additional time to the State government to file its counter affidavit to a batch of public interest litigation petitions that had sought a direction to restrain the State government from issuing or implementing any government appointment orders arising out of the Karur stampede incident.
Earlier, a Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel while permitting the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led State government to conduct an event in Karur to distribute appointment orders to family members of the victims of the tragic stampede that occurred there in September 2025, had said it would be “extremely narrow” for the court to intervene in a policy decision of the State government. However, the court would permit the event to proceed on the condition that the employment offer was only a temporary basis, subject to judicial review, the judges said.
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