The Karnataka Excessive Court docket Tuesday directed {that a} copy of the Justice (Retd) Michael D’Cunha Fee report on the June 4 stampede close to Chinnaswamy Stadium be positioned earlier than it in a sealed cowl.
Eleven individuals have been killed within the stampede which occurred throughout a celebration to mark the June 3 IPL championship victory of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) cricket crew.
The course, by a bench consisting of Justices Jayant Banerji and Umesh Adiga, got here within the wake of a petition filed by occasion administration firm DNA Leisure searching for that the report be quashed. DNA additionally contended that it was not supplied a replica of the report.
As beforehand reported by The Indian Categorical, the Fee’s report had positioned accountability for the tragedy on the occasion organisers and senior cops, following which the federal government determined to e book legal circumstances in opposition to officers of RCB, DNA Leisure, and the Karnataka State Cricket Affiliation.
Reiterating prior arguments made earlier than the bench, Senior Advocate B Ok Sampath Kumar, on behalf of DNA, acknowledged, “We’re not given the report. Our status is being tarnished day in and time out by the media…and social media additionally.”
He added, “The time supplied (for the inquiry) was one month…however as we perceive from the media, the report was solely prepared on July 11, past the interval. Nowhere is the ability for the one-man Fee to say such-and-such motion ought to be taken in opposition to any people. It’s only to level out who’s accountable, what have been the lapses, and many others.”
Kumar additionally acknowledged that DNA ought to have had a possibility to be heard, contemplating the impact on its status and the procedural necessities. He stated, “Earlier than I’m hanged, I ought to be heard…to say it in crude language… Right here the Fee was responsibility sure to do this.”
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On behalf of the federal government, Advocate Common Shashi Kiran Shetty stated that one can’t file a petition earlier than the courtroom based mostly on info from the media. “That is nothing however an abuse of technique of courtroom… The query is whether or not based mostly on a paper publication…that can not be floor to file a writ petition searching for one thing.”
The matter will likely be heard additional on Thursday.