The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea that sought directions to be given to authorities on crowd management. At least 18 people were killed in a stampede on February 15 at the New Delhi Railway Station which witnessed a surge of passengers waiting to board trains for Prayagraj. The Delhi High Court had asked the Railways to examine the fixing of maximum passengers and sale of platform tickets — issues raised in a PIL filed before it over the recent stampede. The bench dismissed the plea and said the petitioner may approach the Delhi High court with the grievance. The plea has arrayed all the states and Union Territories as party respondents in the matter, the counsel said. The petition was filed for proper implementation of the National Disaster Management Act and relevant rules for crowd management, he added. The counsel claimed several videos of the stampede at the railway station were uploaded on X. The Railways has issued notices to the witnesses who were present there. \”Those persons can approach the court,\” the bench said.
