The Karnataka High Court on Thursday took suo motu cognizance of the stampede at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru that claimed 11 lives and left about 90 injured. Public interest litigations (PILs) were filed and requests made to the court to go deeper into the case, amid allegations that the event organisers and the government may not have followed the necessary protocols before holding an event of such magnitude at such short notice.A division bench of acting chief justice V Kameshwar Rao and Justice CM Joshi said the court had received requests from several people on the issue to ascertain the cause of the stampede and prevent such incidents in future.The court posted the case for further hearing on June 10.Advocate general Shashi Kiran Shetty said the police commissioner and other senior police officers were present at the stadium but there was an overwhelming crowd of about 250,000 people at the site.One of the advocates, speaking on behalf of the affected people, sought to know from the government through the court as to who decided to conduct the events -- the state government or the Karnataka State Cricket Association?Security is RCB's responsibilityThe advocate general, in response to a query from the bench, said the RCB promoters handled the event and took care of the security as well.A PIL filed by Lohith G Hanumapura requested a judicial probe by a sitting high court judge, while seeking direction to the state government and the KSCA to share details such as approvals obtained to hold the two events on Wednesday, safety measures and crowd control plans.Earlier in the day, Union minister Shobha Karandlaje wrote to the acting chief, requesting him to take suo motu cognizance of the incident and treat it as a matter of public interest as it reflected a systemic failure and complete collapse of the state responsibility.