Overview

• The Karnataka High Court reserved its ruling in petitions by RCB and DNA executives and will deliver its order on June 12.
• Nikhil Sosale, RCB’s head of marketing, and three DNA Entertainment executives are in judicial custody as they face charges over alleged lapses that led to a stampede on June 4 that killed 11 people outside M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.
• The state’s Advocate General told the court organizers had not obtained mandatory licenses under the 2008 Bangalore city assembly order and still publicized the celebrations on social media without formal approval.
• The arrested executives argued their detentions were unlawful and influenced by political pressure from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, an assertion officials say is irrelevant to the case’s legal merit.
• In response to the tragedy, the Karnataka government suspended multiple senior police officers, launched a judicial inquiry and shifted the investigation to the CID while insisting the arrests complied with established procedures.