New Delhi, July 4 -- The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) moved the Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to be impleaded as a party in the proceedings arising out of the Karur stampede case, contending that its intervention was necessary to ensure the fairness and independence of the court-monitored CBI probe. The stampede occurred on September 27 last year, at a rally by Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) at Karur, where the current Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay was present. 41 people died and over 100 were injured. In its application, filed by party organising secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP RS Bharathi, the DMK has alleged that a series of actions by the state government, including the proposed distribution of government jobs and other benefits to the families of stampede victims, alongside public statements made by ministers accused in the case, risk "compromising" the probe. The application comes months after the apex court transferred the probe to CBI....