The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Madras High Court order for a CBI probe against police officials for firing during the anti-Sterlite protests in Tamil Nadu in May this year. <br />''<br />''<br />''A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul issued notice to the CBI on the petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government challenging the High Court order.<br />''<br />''<br />''The bench said, court has to see the other side, when senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi sought a stay of the high court's order.<br />''<br />''<br />''The police firing had taken place in Tuticorin district during the anti-Sterlite protests that claimed 13 lives on May 22, 2018.<br />''<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The high court ordered that FIRs be registered against top police officials and officials of the civil administration. </span><br />