Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, throughout oral mentioning on July 9, knowledgeable within the Supreme Court docket that the Hathras stampede deaths case has been listed for judicial listening to.
“I had yesterday ordered the Hathras matter to be listed,” the Chief Justice mentioned.
A writ petition was filed within the Supreme Court docket on July 3 to nominate a five-member skilled committee underneath the supervision of a retired Supreme Court docket choose to inquire into the Hathras stampede which has seen over 121 deaths.
The petition filed by advocate Vishal Tiwari additionally requested the court docket to put down security pointers for mass conferences and public gatherings.
The incident had occurred throughout a prayer assembly held by a self-styled godman, Narayan Saakar Hari, in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. The occasion had drawn a big crowd.
“Several questions brew up from this horrific incident of stampede thereby questioning the duty and lapse of State Government and Municipal Corporations. Apart from the failure of maintaining and administering the supervision, the authorities have also failed in controlling the crowd gathered for the event,” the petition has submitted.
It has urged the court docket to direct the Uttar Pradesh authorities to submit a standing report and provoke authorized motion towards those that had acted negligently in regards to the security and crowd management measures.
“States should issue guidelines to prevent stampedes for the safety of the public attending such religious or other events in large numbers. States should submit reports on medical facilities available at various levels to deal with such stampede or other incidents,” the petition has famous.
The petition has additionally referred to previous incidents which have claimed lives just like the Kumbh Mela stampede of 1954 which noticed the deaths of 800 individuals, the Mecca Masjid stampede of 2007 the place 16 had been reported useless, the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine deaths in 2022, the deaths throughout Dussehra celebrations on the Gandhi Maidan in Patna in 2014 and the dying of round 104 Sabarimala devotees at Pulmedu in Idukki.
