Karnataka High court to ask state govt for stampede report saying there are no legal grounds for confidentiality.
Karnataka High Court orders state government to disclose RCB stampede report.
The state government has been directed by the Karnataka High Court to make its status report on the stampede event that occurred outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4 and disrupted Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s IPL celebrations publicly available. Eleven people lost their lives in the disaster, while more than fifty were injured.
The state administration had asked the high court to maintain the report’s anonymity, but on Monday, July 14, the court firmly declared that there were no legal justifications for doing so and that the information was only “facts as perceived” by the government.
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), and DNA Entertainment Networks, the franchise’s event partners, are the other respondents in the lawsuit, and the court has ordered the government to provide them with the report.
Meanwhile, the franchise awaits the results of a comprehensive CID investigation. Over the course of the last month, testimonials have been filed by DNA and RCB high brass. The judgment’s exact date has not yet been announced.
The two-member bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), a quasi-judicial body that hears cases involving the government and public employees, made a significant observation about the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium crowd on July 1.
Shortly after RCB won their first IPL title on June 3, the tribunal observed that RCB was in charge of attracting a throng of between three to five lakh people outside the stadium to participate in the triumph parade that the team advertised on its social media channels.
After Vikash Kumar, the Inspector General and Additional Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru (West), submitted a complaint seeking redress after being fired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah following the stampede, the CAT was assigned to look into the situation.
Due to their “substantial dereliction of duty” and failure to seek “guidance,” which caused the issue to spiral “out of control,” Vikash and four other officials were fired. According to the tribunal, RCB “created nuisance” by celebrating their IPL victory without obtaining the required regulatory approvals. The comments were included in CAT’s 29-page order.
Following its announcement of greater compensation for the deceased’s family and support for the injured, RCB, whose chief marketing officer Nikhil Sosale was detained and later released on bail last month, has not released any additional statements.