New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India has agreed to hear the BCCI’s appeal against the Bombay High Court’s verdict that declared its IPL probe panel illegal and unconstitutional. However, the Court refused to grant the BCCI’s request of an interim stay and set further hearings for 29 August.
That means the Bombay High Court’s ruling stays in effect until the Supreme Court makes its own ruling on the case, so the status quo remains and Jagmohan Dalmiya continues as the BCCI’s interim president in place of N Srinivasan, who stepped aside a second time after the Bombay High Court’s verdict.
The BCCI had filed a Special Leave Petition in the Supreme Court on Monday appealing the Bombay High Court’s order. The Bihar Cricket Association, which filed the original PIL against the board, had filed a caveat with the Supreme Court making it part of any appeal by the BCCI.
“The (probe) Commission was not duly constituted and was contrary to and in violation of the provisions of Rules 2.2 and 3 of Section 6 of the Operational Rules (of BCCI),” the High Court had said and also rejected Srinivisan`s plea for a stay on its order to enable him move a higher court in appeal.
The High Court order came just two days after the panel, comprising two former judges of the Madras High Court Justices T Jayarama Chouta and R Balasubramanian, submitted its report on July 28 giving a clean chit to all those against whom the probe was conducted.
Bureau Report
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