India, Aug. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Madras high court, which quashed Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay's order providing government jobs to relatives of people who died in a stampede at Karur last year.

A bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and K Vinod Chandran issued notice to the Tamil Nadu chief secretary and others.

"Who are you to question the policy of the government? Suppose the sole member died in the tragedy, shouldn't the government give some employment to the son or daughter?" the bench told the PIL petitioner who had challenged the state government order.

The Karur stampede took place during a rally of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief and actor Vijay during the assembly election campaign on ...