Overview

• A division bench led by Acting Chief Justice V Kameshwar Rao and Justice C M Joshi dismissed the state government’s plea to keep its stampede status report under sealed cover and made it part of the court record.
• The court directed Karnataka to provide the June 12 report, with certified translations, to Royal Challengers Bengaluru, the Karnataka State Cricket Association and DNA Entertainment within four days.
• Justices Rao and Joshi held that the document contains no sensitive information warranting secrecy under national security, public interest or privacy exceptions.
• The bench rejected arguments that disclosure could prejudice parallel probes, noting that retired judges and senior officers leading the magisterial inquiry and judicial commission cannot be influenced by the report.
• Criminal Investigation Department, magisterial and judicial commission inquiries will continue with full access to the state’s internal findings as accountability hearings resume.