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2014 (5) TMI 1213
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....i Wad, Adv., Mr. Gagan Gupta, Adv., Mr. Vidushpath Singhania, Adv. ORDER A.K. Patnaik, J. 1. The Cricket Association of Bihar filed PIL No. 55 of 2013 in the Bombay High Court challenging the constitution of a panel of two retired judges of the Madras High Court by the BCCI to probe into the allegations of betting and spot-fixing in IPL, 2013 against Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan as the alleged Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings and the part-time owner of IPL Franchise Rajasthan Royals contending that the panel was not constituted in accordance with the Operational Rules applicable to IPL. The Cricket Association of Bihar accordingly made a prayer in the PIL that the BCCI be directed to recall its order constituting the probe panel and by th....
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....IPL matches against Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan, allegedly the Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings and the players and the allegations against the team owner of the IPL Franchise Rajasthan Royals and (b) the allegations against Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan and the team owner of the IPL Franchise Rajasthan Royals with regard to their involvement in spot-fixing and betting. 3. Pursuant to the order dated 08.10.2013, the Probe Committee (hereinafter referred to as 'the Justice Mudgal Committee') inquired into the allegations and submitted two reports. In one report, the Justice Mudgal Committee concluded that the role of Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan in Chennai Super Kings as the team owner as well as the allegations of betting and passing on informa....
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....ned in the report and until the Probe Committee submits a report, this Court cannot come to the findings necessary to finally decide these civil appeals. On 29.04.2014, we also heard learned Counsel for the parties on what should the proper composition of the Probe Committee which should undertake the investigation into the allegations against the 13 persons including Mr. N. Srinivasan. Learned Counsel appearing for the BCCI and Mr. N. Srinivasan submitted that the BCCI has constituted a Probe Committee comprising Mr. Justice J.N. Patel, former Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Mr. R.K. Raghvan, former Director of the CBI, and Mr. Ravi Shastri, former player and captain of the Indian cricket team. On request by this Court, Mr. Gopal Sub....
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.... (iii) An officer from Chennai Police (preferably not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police); (iv) An officer from Delhi Police (preferably not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police); and (v) A former cricketer of repute and integrity. In view of objections made on behalf of the BCCI and Mr. N. Srinivasan, we are of the view that instead of Shri M.L. Sharma, IPS (Retired), Shri B.B. Mishra, IPS of the 1983 batch of Assam-Meghalaya Cadre who has a vast experience in investigation including experience in the CBI and who is presently working as Deputy Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau, New Delhi, should head the investigation team. The other officers from Mumbai Police, Chennai Police an....