The Supreme Court today stayed a Madras High Court order that had quashed the state’s decision to provide government jobs to the family members of those killed in the Karur stampede last year. A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran passed the interim order while hearing a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the High Court verdict.

 

The apex court observed that the state had offered employment to the bereaved families in response to an unfortunate tragedy and questioned the challenge to the government’s decision.

 

The State had moved the Supreme Court against the July 27 order of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, which had struck down the government’s decision to grant compassionate appointments to the families of those who died in the September 2025 stampede in Karur.