Supreme Court panel issues notices to Gurunath Meiyappan, Raj Kundra

 

Justice Lodha told Deccan Chronicle that while Mr. Meiyappan and India Cements and its franchise Chennai Super Kings will have to reply by March 11, when their lawyers will be heard, Mr. Kundra and Rajasthan Royals will reply by March 12, when they would be heard. 

 

Justice Lodha said the notice was issued last week and the panel had requested the BCCI to make arrangements for conducting the hearing in Delhi on these two dates.

 

By its judgment on January 22, the apex court had held that both Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of N. Srinivasan, BCCI, the then President in exile and Raj Kundra as ‘team officials’ of CSK and Rajasthan royals respectively, and said action had to be taken against them by the Justice Lodha panel which would determine the quantum of punishment after hearing them.

 

Asked whether notice had also been sent to IPL COO Sundar Raman, Justice Lodha said, “we have asked Mr. Mishra, who conducted the probe in the Mudgal panel to carry further probe and to submit a report. Any action against him will be decided only after the receipt of the report.”  

 

The court has also asked the panel to suggest amendments considered necessary to the memorandum of association of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and the prevalent rules and regulations for streamlining the conduct of elections to different posts/officers in the BCCI, including conditions of eligibility and disqualifications, if any, for candidates wanting to contest the election for such posts, including the office of the president of the BCCI and submit its report in six months.