Hathras Stampede: Supreme Court Asks Petitioner To Approach High Court | ABP News

On Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an investigation into the Hathras stampede, which resulted in the deaths of at least 121 people. The apex court directed the petitioner to approach the Allahabad High Court instead. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra observed that while such incidents are indeed 'disturbing', the high courts are better equipped to handle 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