Published: Apr 22, 2014, 11:52 AM (IST)
Edited: Apr 22, 2014, 11:52 AM (IST)
Apr 22, 2014
The Supreme Court of India have asked the Justice Mukul Mudgal Commission to probe into the allegations against the 13 individuals named in their report about the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2013 spot-fixing and betting controversy. Earlier, the Supreme Court had rejected Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) proposed probe-panel which comprised Ravi Shastri, RK Raghavan and Justice JN Patel.
The Mudgal commission has been given time until 14:00 hours on Tuesday to decide whether they want to probe into the scandal. The committee had submitted its report to the Supreme Court on February 10 and is said to contain the names of 13 individuals who have serious allegations leveled against them in the whole scandal. It is said that BCCI president N Srinivasan is amongst the 13 names. During the previous hearing of the case, the Supreme Court had given the BCCI the opportunity to form its own investigative panel to maintain its institutional autonomy, instead of heading towards a CBI or an SIT Probe.
Earlier on Sunday, the BCCI appointed a three-member panel comprising former India captain Shastri, Justice Patel and Raghavan. The choices of the BCCI were questioned as the trio had their own conflicts of interest. While Shastri is a contracted commentator with the BCCI, Justice Patel is the brother-in-law of Shivlal Yadav, who is currently the acting president of the board. Also, Raghavan is the owner of a club that has voting rights in the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, which is headed by N Srinivasan.
The Supreme Court had earlier asked Srinivasan to step aside so as a fair probe is conducted in the whole matter. Srinivasan did step aside and Sunil Gavaskar took up the post for the IPL affairs. Meanwhile, the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals were allowed to continue to play IPL as the Supreme Court continued its hearing.
