CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu government to frame the draft standard operating procedure (SOP) within ten days for regulating road shows and public meetings of political parties aimed at preventing Karur Stampede like situations.

The first bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan issued the direction while hearing the petitions relating to the September 27 Karur Stampede occurred during the road show of TVK founder and actor Vijay that snuffed out the lives of 41 persons.

The court also said that it would issue an interim SOP if the state failed to come out with the SOP as per its undertaking in the court. “Considering the submissions made by the counsels for the parties in the petitions, the matter relates to

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