Hathras Stampede: Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL For Probe

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation (PLI) seeking a probe into the Hathras stampede that left at least 121 people dead. The apex court asked the petitioner to move to the Allahabad High Court. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said such incidents are “disturbing” but the high courts are equipped to deal with such cases.

"Everything does not have to come in a PIL under Article 32; you file in the High Court. The idea of all this is to make a sort of big deal about incidents which take place. Obviously (they are) very disturbing incidents. High Courts are robust Courts, they are meant to deal with these kinds of matters," Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud told the petitioner Advocate Vishal Tiwari, according to a report by Live Law.

Accordingly, the top court granted liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned High Court. "Liberty to move the Competent HC in exercise of the jurisdiction under A 226 of the Constitution," the bench said.