Overview

• The Central Administrative Tribunal on July 1 quashed the suspension of IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash and directed that other officers suspended after the June 4 Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede receive similar relief
• The tribunal ruled the government’s disciplinary order was issued mechanically without sufficient evidence and held Royal Challengers Bengaluru prima facie responsible for triggering a crowd surge through unapproved social media invitations
• On July 2 the Karnataka government filed a challenge in the High Court, arguing that the suspensions were justified by alleged lapses in managing the massive, unregulated gathering
• A High Court division bench on July 3 questioned whether suspension was warranted or if a transfer would have sufficed and scheduled further arguments for July 9
• Meanwhile, separate criminal, judicial and magisterial inquiries continue into the event’s lack of formal permissions, crowd-control failures and arrests of RCB and event-management officials