Bengaluru, June 5 -- The High Court (HC) of Karnataka took cognisance of the Bengaluru stampede incident, which resulted in the death of 11 people and registered a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and ordered the State Government to file a report.

A Division Bench, headed by Acting Chief Justice V. Kameshwar Rao, informed Attorney General K. Shashi Kiran Shetty that it would take up the matter today at 2.30 pm.

Senior Advocates Hemanth Raj and G.R. Mohan submitted a report to the High Court informing about the tragedy and also about people standing on top of the High Court building during the felicitation of the RCB team at Vidhana Soudha, describing it as a major security lapse.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar vis...