India, Oct. 3 -- The Madras High Court on Friday rejected a batch of petitions that had sought a court-monitored probe, or a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Karur stampede during a Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) rally that killed at least 39 people last Saturday.

Justices M Dhandapani and Justice M Jothiraman of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court also dismissed a petition that had sought directions to the state police to prohibit or restrict any further rally by actor turned politician Vijay and his political party TVK.

The bench noted that the ongoing investigation by a state constituted enquiry commission in its nascent stage and it did not see it fit to interfere at the present stage.

The court als...