Top court reserves its verdict

Sep 22, 2010 |

New Delhi, Sept. 21: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the petition filed by ex-BCCI president A.C. Muthiah challenging the amendment in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s regulations to exclude IPL and T-20 tournaments from its purview allegedly to favour its secretary N. Srinivasan who owns the Chennai Super Kings squad.

A Bench comprising Justices J.M. Panchal and Gyan Sudha Mishra concluded the marathon hearing to examine the validity of the amendment in clause 6.2.4.

Muthiah has appealed against the Madras High Court’s order upholding the validity of the amendment alleging that “the new regulation was brought only to favour N. Srinivasan” who was the treasurer of the BCCI when he was bidding for the Chennai team.

Senior advocate Abhishekh Singhvi, appearing for Muthiah, has contended that under the unamended clause, no administrator could have any commercial interest in the matches or events conducted by BCCI.

Singhvi contended that the decision to exclude IPL and T-20 tournaments from the purview of the Board’s regulation was “illegal and opposed to public policy.”

Singhvi further said the amendment was brought at BCCI’s AGM on September 27, 2008, without bringing the issue in the agenda for which a notice would have been given 21 days in advance.

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