Chennai : IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings moved the Madras High Court challenging the order of Justice Lodha Committee suspending it from Indian Premier League over the 2013 betting scam involving its top official Gurunath Meiyappan.
In its petition, city-based Indian Cements Ltd (ICL), owner of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), also sought a stay on the committee’s last month order. It contended that the committee’s order was against fundamental principles of natural justice and a fair hearing.
Star-studded Mahendra Dhoni-led CSK and Rajasthan Royals were on July 14 suspended for two years from the League in a clean-up of cricket following the 2013 betting scam involving their top officials Meiyappan and Raj Kundra.
In its petition, India Cements alleged that imposing punishment on the franchise (CSK) without going into the charges or the alleged offence committed was against the principles of natural justice and a fair hearing. It further said the refusal of Justice Lodha committee to enter into the dispute of whether India Cements was guilty of violating clause 4.1.1.of IPL operation rules had led to ‘grave miscarriage of justice’. While referring to the Supreme Court order in January last, the petition said “Gurunath Meiyappan had been (found) guilty of betting but not spot-fixing, match-fixing or misuse of inside information…. Meiyappaan never had shares in India Cements nor was he is in the management of the company.”
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Vaiko plays regional card
Chennai : In an unusual development, MDMK leader Vaiko on Thursday gave a ”Tamil spin” to the two-year ban on IPL team Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
“Those in the field of cricket should take steps to protect CSK, which has brought laurels to Tamil Nadu. Recent documents shown on a television news channel give room for doubts if there is a conspiracy by (former IPL chief) Lalit Modi, who is unable to tolerate the election of a Tamil (N Srinivasan, who owned CSK until recently) to the top post in the International Cricket Council,” Vaiko said.
This is the first time Vaiko has ever spoken about cricket.
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