The Supreme Court has stayed a Madras High Court order that quashed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay's decision to grant government jobs to relatives of those who died in last year's Karur stampede. A bench of Justices Pardiwala and Vinod Chandran issued notice to the state's chief secretary and questioned the petitioner's standing to challenge the policy.
The Madras High Court had ruled in July that the compassionate jobs scheme risked opening floodgates for similar demands from others awaiting appointments. The Supreme Court's stay keeps the jobs in place for now while the matter proceeds.
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