<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court (HC) order describing its IPL probe panel on spot-fixing and betting charges as “illegal and unconstitutional.”<br /><br /></p>.<p>In its special leave petition, BCCI claimed that the panel was constituted in accordance with well-settled legal norms and as per rules.<br /><br />Seeking a stay on the verdict, the board contended that the HC should not have entertained a PIL on the issue as there was no allegation relating to violation of anyone’s fundamental rights.<br /><br />The probe panel, comprising former judges T Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian, had given a clean chit to Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI’s then president N Srinivasan and Rajasthan Royals co-promoter Raj Kundra. The findings could have ensured Srinivasan’s return as board president.<br /><br />The HC, however, had on July 30 held that the two-member panel was constituted in violation of the rules framed by the BCCI. <br /><br />“The 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),” it had said.<br />The HC had passed its order while hearing the PIL filed by the Bihar Cricket Association and its secretary Aditya Verma.</p>
<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court (HC) order describing its IPL probe panel on spot-fixing and betting charges as “illegal and unconstitutional.”<br /><br /></p>.<p>In its special leave petition, BCCI claimed that the panel was constituted in accordance with well-settled legal norms and as per rules.<br /><br />Seeking a stay on the verdict, the board contended that the HC should not have entertained a PIL on the issue as there was no allegation relating to violation of anyone’s fundamental rights.<br /><br />The probe panel, comprising former judges T Jayaram Chouta and R Balasubramanian, had given a clean chit to Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of BCCI’s then president N Srinivasan and Rajasthan Royals co-promoter Raj Kundra. The findings could have ensured Srinivasan’s return as board president.<br /><br />The HC, however, had on July 30 held that the two-member panel was constituted in violation of the rules framed by the BCCI. <br /><br />“The 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),” it had said.<br />The HC had passed its order while hearing the PIL filed by the Bihar Cricket Association and its secretary Aditya Verma.</p>
