Bengaluru, 23 Sept 

Legislative Assembly Speaker UT Khader has constituted an 11-member "scrutiny committee" of the House headed by Home Minister G Parameshwara, to review the 'Karnataka Crowd Control (Managing Crowd at Events and Place of Gathering) Bill, 2025'.

During the legislature session last month, Opposition parties had pushed the Congress government to refer the Bill to a house committee for detailed discussion and scrutiny, expressing concerns that the proposed legislation may curtail protests and impact cultural and religious events.

The Bill was introduced following the 4 June stampede outside the Chinnaswamy stadium, where 11 people died.

The Bill, with penal provisions, is aimed at effectively controlling the crowd and managing mass gatherings at events and functions, and preventing unlawful gatherings.

"As per the resolution of the House, the Speaker has constituted a scrutiny committee consisting of the members of the Legislative Assembly under Rule 247 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly to examine and submit a report" on the Bill, a note from the Assembly Secretariat dated 19 Sept, released to the media on Tuesday said.

The committee consists of Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK Patil, MLAs -- Rizwan Arshad, Shreenivasaiah N, Ravishankar D, Srinivas V Mane, Prakash K Koliwad, HD Thammaiah, V Sunil Kumar, SR Vishwananath, and GD Harish Gowda.

While presenting the Bill in the Assembly last month, Parameshwara had said it any mass gathering event in which less than 7,000 people are expected will require permission from the jurisdictional police station, while those with above 7,000 and less than 50,000 will require permission from DySP or ACP (in City). Events where more than 50,000 people are expected will require permission from SP or the Commissioner.