Relief for N Srinivasan, Bombay HC dismisses conflict of interest petition against him
Mumbai: In a major relief to BCCI's president in-exile N Srinivasan, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL, that challenged India Cements chief on grounds of conflict of interest in connection with the functioning of the BCCI .
In September this year, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) had filed a PIL in Bombay High Court demanding appointment of a separate Government Review Committee to reassess the Indian cricket board’s rules and regulations.
Read: Can N Srinivasan be kept away from BCCI due to Meiyappan's role?
Earlier, the Cricket Association of Bihar filed a plea in the apex court had ordered probe against Srinivasan and 12 other capped cricketers in the scandal, submitted that the BCCI chief had tried to cover-up the role of his son-in-law and he should not be allowed to contest election for the post of President of the Board.
Senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the CAB, said the committee report should be made public but it was opposed by Sibal saying that in the interest of the game the entire report be not made public.
Senior advocate Raju Ramachandran, appearing for the Mudgal committee, submitted that the 35-page report does not name any player and they are referred as numbers whose key is there in a separate report.
The bench, after hearing all the sides, adjourned the case for November 14 when it will go through the report.
The bench also turned down the plea of BCCI, seeking its direction to stay the proceedings on a plea at Bombay High Court which is to decide validity of amendments in the BCCI rules allowing Srinivasan to contest the election for the post of BCCI president.
The apex court, however, asked the HC to confine its hearing on the validity of the rules. On September 1, the court rejected Srinivasan's plea for reinstatement as BCCI President saying he cannot be allowed to take charge till he gets a clean chit from the Committee which was probing him and others in the matter.
The bench had said that probe was going on and Srinivasan could not be allowed to function as BCCI President.
