Stampede at New Delhi railway station
The Supreme Court recently refused to consider a petition related to a stampede at New Delhi railway station. The petition claimed that more than 200 people died in the stampede. Court should issue guidelines for officers on the issue of mob control. Justice BR Gawai and Justice P.K. Mishra’s bench asked the lawyer appearing on behalf of the petitioner, “Is there any proof of the death of 200 people?”
Those people can turn to court- Supreme Court
The lawyer claimed that several videos of the stampede at the railway station were uploaded on the social media forum ‘X’ and the Railways has issued notices to the witnesses present there. The bench said, “Those people can move to the court.”
Petition filed under disaster management
The bench asked whether the petitioner believes that the concerned authority is ignoring the issue? The lawyer said that this petition has been filed for relevant rules for proper implementation and mob control of the National Disaster Management Act.
Supreme Court asked to go to High Court
The bench dismissed the petition and said that the petitioner could go to the Delhi High Court with his complaint. The lawyer said that in the petition, all states and union territories have been made party defendants.
A stampede was held at New Delhi railway station on 19 February
On February 19, the Delhi High Court had asked the railway to look into the issue of determining the maximum number of passengers and sales of platform tickets. These issues were raised in a public interest litigation filed at the recent stampede at New Delhi railway station. The High Court had asked the concerned authorities to submit details of the decisions taken on these issues in an affidavit.
18 people were killed in the accident
At least 18 people died on February 15 at New Delhi railway station due to a stampede. The incident took place when there was a huge crowd of passengers to ride in trains to go to Mahakumbh held in Prayagraj. (With language input)
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