IPL spot-fixing: Bombay High Court lashes out at BCCI, says probe panel is illegal
- 5 years ago
Mumbai: Bombay High court has come forward and lashed out at BCCI, calling its probe panel ' unconstitutional & illegal'.
The court has directed BCCI to form a new panel to probe the charges levelled against Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra.
For now, the report that cleared Gurunath and Raj Kundra stands null and void.
BCCI's two two-member panel had given a 'virtual clean chit' to Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, India Cements Ltd (owner of Chennai Super Kings) and Jaipur IPL Pvt Ltd (owner of Rajasthan Royals) as it found no direct evidence of wrongdoing on the part of any party.
The panel consisted of two former judges of the Tamil Nadu high court, Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian.
The report gave an inconclusive reference to Meyyappan alleged involvement in betting on IPL matches. The same could not be established because of alleged non-cooperation on the part of Mumbai Police, which had booked him for the offence, the report says.
The report clearly said that Meiyappan may or may not have been involved. There is no proof available against him in front of the probe committee to accuse him of betting in IPL matches.
Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra -- who was accused of placing bets in IPL matches through his close aide (Umesh Goenka) -- was also cleared by the probe panel, on the ground that Goenka had retracted his statement.
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The court has directed BCCI to form a new panel to probe the charges levelled against Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra.
For now, the report that cleared Gurunath and Raj Kundra stands null and void.
BCCI's two two-member panel had given a 'virtual clean chit' to Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, India Cements Ltd (owner of Chennai Super Kings) and Jaipur IPL Pvt Ltd (owner of Rajasthan Royals) as it found no direct evidence of wrongdoing on the part of any party.
The panel consisted of two former judges of the Tamil Nadu high court, Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian.
The report gave an inconclusive reference to Meyyappan alleged involvement in betting on IPL matches. The same could not be established because of alleged non-cooperation on the part of Mumbai Police, which had booked him for the offence, the report says.
The report clearly said that Meiyappan may or may not have been involved. There is no proof available against him in front of the probe committee to accuse him of betting in IPL matches.
Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra -- who was accused of placing bets in IPL matches through his close aide (Umesh Goenka) -- was also cleared by the probe panel, on the ground that Goenka had retracted his statement.
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