India, July 2 -- The Karnataka government on Wednesday moved the high court challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) July 1 order quashing Indian Police Service officer Vikash Kumar Vikash's suspension following the June 4 stampede outside Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium, which left 11 people dead.

Advocate general Shashikiran Shetty made an urgent mention before the court seeking an early hearing. He told a bench of justices SG Pandit and TM Nadaf that the CAT passed its order "just yesterday," and Vikash reported to duty on Wednesday. "He has come in uniform to take charge," Shetty told the court, which said it will hear the matter on Thursday.

The CAT called Vikash's suspension "mechanical" and unsupported by sufficien...