New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Railways to fix the issues of sale of platform tickets, and the maximum number of passengers in a train coach, both of which were raised in a public interest litigation (PIL) over the February 15 stampede at the New Delhi Railway Station.

"Let the issues raised in the petition be examined, as suggested by the Solicitor General, at the highest level at the Railway Board and thereafter, an affidavit be filed by the respondent giving details of the decisions which might be taken by the Railway Board," the court ordered, as per news agency PTI.

Further, the bench of Delhi high court Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said the PIL was not 'confined' to...