Karnataka High Court To State In Challenge To CAT Order Revoking Cop’s Suspension In Bengaluru Stampede Case
The Karnataka Excessive Court docket on Thursday (July 03) requested the State authorities to justify its motion of suspending cops over the cost of dereliction of responsibility, following the stampede close to Chinnaswamy stadium forward of the RCB workforce’s 2025 IPL victory celebration.
A division bench of Justice S G Pandit and Justice T M Nadaf was listening to the petition filed by the State authorities difficult the order of Central Administrative Tribunal which quashed the suspension of IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash.
The bench orally stated to State, “You need to justify whether or not it was correct to maintain the officers below suspension, or whether or not shifting of the officers to a different submit would have been adequate.”
Advocate Common Shashi Kiran Shetty replied saying “I can present from the information the suspension order was justified.”
He additionally urged the courtroom to remain the CAT’s order. He stated “Lordships are listening to the matter until then…He has gone in Uniform to take cost.”
At this stage, Senior Advocate Dhyan Chinnappa showing for the IPS officer stated, “I’m not going to file contempt petition“.
Following which the courtroom orally instructed the respondent’s counsel “Suspension order has gone however they should move order for reinstatement. When the matter is taken for ultimate disposal don’t precipitate.”
Chinnappa submitted to the courtroom that he wouldn’t precipitate on the matter. He stated “Sure milords we is not going to do something.”
The courtroom has now posted the matter for additional listening to on July 9.
After the stampede the state authorities had suspended the IPS officer, together with 4 different officers of the Karnataka Police Division for alleged negligence and failure to handle the group.
Vikash is the one officer who approached the Tribunal difficult the suspension order. The CAT by its order dated July 1, quashed Vikash’s suspension, stating that there was no convincing materials displaying negligence on the a part of Police.
The tribunal in its order stated “”Prima facie it seems that the RCB is chargeable for the gathering of about three to 5 lakh folks…It can’t anticipated from the Police that inside a short while of about 12 hours the Police will make all preparations required within the Police Act or within the different guidelines, and so on. Police personnel are additionally human beings. They’re neither “God”(Bhagwan) nor Magician and likewise not having the magic powers like “Alladdin ka Chirag” which was in a position to fulfil any want solely by rubbing a finger . To manage the aforesaid kind of gathering and for making the correct preparations adequate time needs to be given to the Police.”
It thus had ordered the State to re-instate Vikash instantly, treating the interval of suspension as on responsibility with full pay and allowances.
By the order dated 05.06.2025 different officers who have been suspended included IPS officer B. Dayananda (Further Director Common & Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru Metropolis, Bengaluru), IPS officer Shekar H Tekkannavar (Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Division, Bengaluru Metropolis), C. Balakrishna (Assistant Commissioner of Police, Cubbon Park, Bengaluru) and A.Okay. Girish (Police Inspector, Cubbon Park Police Station, Bengaluru) was additionally suspended.
Case Title: State of Karnataka & ANR AND Vikash Kumar Vikash
Case No: WP 19241/2025
Look: Advocate Common Shashi Kiran Shetty for Petitioner.
Senior Advocate Dhyan Chinnappa for Adv. Dhanush Menon and Adv. Akshay Ramachandra Huddar for Respondent.
