2024 (12) TMI 1149

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.... For the Respondent: None. PC:- 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. The petitioner was appointed as Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India ("BCCI"), respondent No.1 herein. During that period, he claims to have been appointed Chairman of the IPL governing body, a subcommittee of the BCCI. 3. By instituting this petition, the petitioner seeks the follo....

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....e petitioner. 5. In Zee Telefilms Ltd. & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. 2005 4 SCC 649, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that the BCCI does not answer the definition of 'State' within the meaning assigned to this term under Article 12 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, this petition and the reliefs sought for it are not maintainable. 6. Though the above decision was delivered in 2005....