{"id":1542,"date":"2025-03-01T03:30:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T03:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/new-delhi-station-stampede-supreme-court-rejects-plea-claiming-200-deaths-let-victim-families-approach\/"},"modified":"2025-03-01T03:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T03:30:35","slug":"new-delhi-station-stampede-supreme-court-rejects-plea-claiming-200-deaths-let-victim-families-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/01\/new-delhi-station-stampede-supreme-court-rejects-plea-claiming-200-deaths-let-victim-families-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"New Delhi Station Stampede: Supreme Court rejects plea claiming 200 deaths, &#8216;let victim families approach&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The court stated that the petition was based on hearsay and rumor, lacking concrete evidence to support the inflated death toll. The judges emphasized the importance of relying on verified facts rather than spreading misinformation. The plea was filed by advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, who alleged that the authorities were underreporting the number of casualties.<\/p>\n<p>The stampede occurred during a rush hour at the station, leading to chaos and panic among commuters. The petitioners argued that the negligence of the railway authorities and lack of crowd management measures were responsible for the high death toll. However, the court pointed out that there was no substantial proof to back up these claims. The judges also highlighted the need for responsible reporting by the media to avoid sensationalizing such tragic events.<\/p>\n<p>In a tragic incident at New Delhi Railway Station on February 15, a stampede led to multiple casualties. While the official death toll stood at 18, a plea alleging around 200 deaths was dismissed by the Supreme Court. The petition lacked concrete evidence to support the inflated number of casualties and was deemed as hearsay. The court emphasized the importance of relying on verified facts and responsible reporting in such situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The court stated that the petition was based on hearsay and rumor, lacking concrete evidence to support the inflated death toll. The judges emphasized the importance of relying on verified facts rather than spreading misinformation. The plea was filed by advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, who alleged that the authorities were underreporting the number of casualties. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"vanillanews","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/vanillanews\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">TECHNOLOGY<\/a>","tag_info":"TECHNOLOGY","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}