IPL Spot fixing time line

IPL Spot fixing time line

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 12:12 AM IST
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May 16, 2013: Delhi Police arrest Sreesanth, Ankit Chauhan, Ajit Chandila, Sreesanth’s friend and alleged bookie Jiju Janardhan and 10 other bookies.

May 20, 2013: Rajasthan Royals terminate contracts with the three accused players.

May 21, 2013: Mumbai police arrest actor Vindoo Dara Singh for his alleged links with bookies.

May 23, 2013: Mumbai police team searches Meiyappan’s residence in Chennai.

May 24, 2013: Mumbai police arrest Meiyappan. India Cements executive president T.S. Raghupathy says Meiyappan only a cricket “enthusiast”.

May 26, 2013: BCCI appoints a three-man commission consisting to look into the betting charges against Meiyappan.

May 28, 2013: Rajasthan Royals trio Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan are sent to judicial custody in Tihar. Ankeet Chavan granted bail until June 6 for his marriage.

June 1, 2013: IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla resigns.

June 2, 2013: BCCI president N. Srinivasan steps aside temporarily, Jagmohan Dalmiya takes over as interim president.

June 5, 2013: rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra is questioned by Delhi Police on the accused players.

June 10, 2013: Kundra suspended by BCCI. Sreesanth and two others are granted bail by the court.

July 28, 2013: Two-member probe panel rules there is no evidence of any wrongdoing against Kundra, Meiyappan, India Cements and Rajasthan Royals.

July 30, 2013: The Bombay High Court rules the BCCI’s two-man probe panel as illegal, and asks how could it declare everyone innocent without even speaking to police.

August 1, 2013: The Bombay High Court dismisses the findings of the BCCI-appointed probe panel that gave clean chit to Meiyappan and Kundra.

August 5, 2013: The BCCI moves the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court decision.

August 31, 2013: SC issues notice to BCCI, N. Srinivasan, India Cements – which owns CSK – and Rajasthan Royals on an appeal challenging the Bombay High Court order for not appointing a fresh committee to probe the alleged corruption in IPL.

September 13, 2013: Sreesanth and Chavan banned for life by BCCI while Amit Singh is banned for five years.

September 22, 2013: Mumbai police file charge-sheet against Meiyappan and umpire Asad Rauf based on incriminating evidence against them.

October 8, 2013: SC appoints a committee headed by former high court judge Mukul Mudgal.

February 10, 2014: The Mudgal panel finds Meiyappan guilty of betting. The probe also adds that Meiyappan has been proved to be a team official of CSK.

March 28, 2014: SC asks Srinivasan to step down as the BCCI prez and names Sunil Gavaskar as the interim chief of the board for IPL-7.

April 16, 2014: SC rejects Srinivasan’s request to return to the BCCI fold and reveals that his name features in the inquiry report submitted by the Mudgal Committee.

April 29, 2014: BCCI suggests a three-man committee to the SC to probe IPL scandal.

April 22, 2014: The SC asks the Mudgal Committee to investigate the IPL corruption issue.

May 22, 2014: SC declines Srinivasan’s plea to be reinstated as the BCCI president for non-IPL affairs.

June 12, 2014: The SC allows Srinivasan to contest for the top ICC post.

July 18, 2014: SC relieves Gavaskar as interim president of BCCI – IPL affairs, says board vp Shivlal Yadav will continue in the interim capacity as chief of BCCI.

November 3, 2014: The Mudgal Committee submits its final report in the IPL case to the Supreme Court.

November 10, 2014: SC takes up the reports by the Mudgal Committee and postpones hearing till Nov 14.

November 11, 2014: Bombay High Court squashes the conflict of interest PIL against Srinivasan, filed by the Cricket Association of Bihar, challenging two amendments in BCCI rules allegedly to favour Srinivasan.

November 21, 2014: Srinivasan seeks reinstatement as BCCI chief.

November 27, 2014: The SC drops suggestions whether those named in the Mudgal Committee report could keep out of BCCI elections and the CSK franchise could be scrapped.

December 1, 2014: The SC says the onus is on disproving conflict of interest on Srinivasan.

December 9, 2014: The SC proposes a high-powered committee to cleanse cricket.

December 10, 2014: Srinivasan agrees to keep away from the IPL, seeks an SC nod for reinstatement as BCCI president.

December 17, 2014: The SC asks players and administrators with interests not to run the game and reserves order in the alleged betting and spot-fixing scam case.

January 22, 2015: The SC bars Srinivasan from standing for any post in the BCCI.

January 22, 2015: The SC sets up a three-member committee headed by former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to determine appropriate punishments for Meiyappan, Kundra and their respective franchises.

July 11, 2015: The three-member panel says it will announce the quantum of punishment on July 14 for Meiyappan, Kundra and their teams – CSK and Rajasthan Royals respectively – for their involvement in the scandal.

July 14, 2015: Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals are suspended for two years by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee. Former CSK team official Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra are also suspended for life from BCCI related activity.

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