Mumbai: These are the highlights of the Supreme Court’s order on the spot-fixing and betting scandal that has hit the Indian Premiere League.
Will not stop IPL
- BCCI vice-president will be overall president after IPL7
- Gavaskar will be president of BCCI for duration of IPL
- Will not stop functioning of IPL
- Will not stop any player from playing in IPL
- Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royal to play in IPL7
The story so far:
Srinivasan offered to step down as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday in the wake of a fixing and betting scandal surrounding the Indian Premier League.
The scandal surfaced in 2013, when former test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other local cricketers, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, all playing for the Rajasthan franchise, were arrested on suspicion of taking money to concede a fixed number of runs.
Later Meiyappan was arrested after one of the accused actor Vindo Dara Singh implicated him in betting.
BCCI formed a two-member inquiry panel of retired judges to investigate the alleged involvement of Meiyappan. The panel could not find any evidence of wrongdoings on Meiyappan and Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajisthan Royals. Sreesanth, who had denied any wrongdoing, was subsequently banned for life.
Raising suspicions over the investigation done by panel formed by BCCI, secretary of Cricket Association of Bihar, Aditya Veram, filed a PIL in Bombay High Court against the probe panel. The Bombay High Court declared BCCI’s probe commission “illegal”.
BCCI moved to Supreme Court against High Court’s order.
In October 2013, the apex Court commissioned a probe panel headed by retired judge Mukul Mudgal, giving four months time to submit the report. During this period, Meiyappan accepted his involvement in the scandal before Mumbai Police.
Local media claimed Meiyappan was chief executive of the Chennai Super Kings but the company that owns the IPL franchise, India Cements, said he was merely a member of team management.
Srinivasan, set to take over as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) board in July, heads India Cements.
In February 2014, the Mudgal committee submitted the report and a sealed envelope that contained sensitive information in connection with some of the top Indian players. Following which, BCCI appealed to the apex Court not to reveal the information of the sealed envelope.
In response to Mudgal report, earlier this week, the Supreme Court called on Srinivasan to leave his post at the BCCI to ensure a fair investigation into the scandal in which his son-in-law, Gurunath Meiyappan, has been indicted for illegal betting.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court put forward former captain Sunil Gavaskar as Srinivasan's replacement and said the Chennai and Rajasthan franchises should be kept out of the IPL pending the completion of probe due to their role in the scandal.
Legal sports betting in India is confined to horse racing.
