Mumbai, Sept. 15: Suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi suffered a big blow on Wednesday after the Bombay High Court dismissed his petition to reconstitute the disciplinary committee set up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to probe the corruption charges levelled against him.
Modi had filed the petition in the high court asking for the recusal of Arun Jaitley and Chirayu Amin from the Disciplinary Committee on grounds that they were biased against him. But Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice D.Y Chandrachud refused to stay Wednesday’s proceedings of the disciplinary committee.
The court, however, held that Modi can raise the issue of bias at a later stage while challenging the final decision of the committee and the BCCI. BCCI’s chief administrative officer (CAO) Ratnakar Shetty was happy with the court’s order.
We are happy that the court did not give any relief to Mr Modi. The committee will proceed, the witnesses are already on the list and the meeting would go ahead.
“BCCI has always adopted a stand that we are not vindictive, we want a proper inquiry and a charge sheet was given to him (Modi). The court has dismissed his earlier petition also,” Shetty said.