India, July 1 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has quashed the Karnataka government's suspension order against senior IPS officer Vikash Kumar Vikash, who was suspended following the deadly stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, which claimed 11 lives.

Vikash had challenged the government's June 5 suspension order before the CAT, which also named Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda and DCP Shekar H Tekkannavar. The Bengaluru bench, comprising Justice B K Shrivastava and administrative member Santhosh Mehra, reserved its verdict on June 24 and delivered the ruling on Tuesday, setting aside Vikash's suspension.

Senior advocate Dhyan Chinappa, representing Vikash, said the tribunal annulled the susp...