India, Dec. 12 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday sharpened its scrutiny of the Madras High Court's role in the aftermath of the Karur stampede, observing that "something is wrong" in the manner the high court dealt with proceedings related to the tragedy that claimed 41 lives during a political outreach event of actor-turned-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK).

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A bench of justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi made the remark after examining a report submitted by the registrar general of the Madras HC, which the apex court had sought in October while questioning how the case was handled by the HC's Chennai Bench despite Karur falling under the jurisdiction of the Madurai Bench.

The repo...