NEW DELHI: The Supreme Courtroom on Monday refused to listen to a PIL for particular tips to make sure security of devotees attending the Maha Kumbh, the place not less than 30 folks had been killed and 60 injured in a pre-dawn stampede at Sangam space in Prayagraj. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar famous the submission of the Uttar Pradesh authorities {that a} plea was already filed within the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom on the problem and the current petition needs to be not examined within the apex courtroom.
Terming it “an unlucky incident”, the highest courtroom requested the petitioner advocate Vishal Tiwari to maneuver the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom. “That is an unlucky incident. However, you go to the Allahabad Excessive Courtroom,” the bench instructed Tiwari. The highest courtroom famous the submissions of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, showing for the UP authorities, {that a} judicial inquiry was initiated.
The PIL was filed within the high courtroom on January 30, a day after the incident within the stampede in Prayagraj. The incident befell on the event of Mauni Amavasya, one of the auspicious days of the Hindu calendar.
The petition, filed a day later underneath Article 32 of the Structure by Tiwari, sought tips to forestall stampede incidents and defend the basic rights of equality and life underneath Article 21.
