The Supreme Court has reserved its order on a PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the two-year ban imposed on IPL franchisee Chennai Super Kings (CSK) over the 2013 betting scam. Mr Swamy said, being a cricket lover, he has been deprived of watching the play of CSK whose players have not been accused of any mischief. To this, a bench, headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, said it will pass the order in the case.<br/><br/>Mr Swamy said, some BCCI officials, including then President Shashank Manohar, Lalit Modi and Aditya Varma of Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) conspired against N Srinivasan, also a former BCCI head. He said, the apex court should seriously look into the allegation that the litigation, pursued by CAB in the Madras High Court and in the apex court, was financed by Lalit Modi.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Madras High Court, in January, had dismissed Mr Swamy's PIL challenging the suspension of CSK and Rajasthan Royals (RR), saying it was not maintainable.<br/><br/>Justice RM Lodha panel had banned CSK and RR after holding that its top officials like Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra were found involved in betting.<br/><br/><br/>The Supreme Court has reserved its order on a PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging the two-year ban imposed on IPL franchisee Chennai Super Kings (CSK) over the 2013 betting scam. Mr Swamy said, being a cricket lover, he has been deprived of watching the play of CSK whose players have not been accused of any mischief. To this, a bench, headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur, said it will pass the order in the case.<br/><br/>Mr Swamy said, some BCCI officials, including then President Shashank Manohar, Lalit Modi and Aditya Varma of Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) conspired against N Srinivasan, also a former BCCI head. He said, the apex court should seriously look into the allegation that the litigation, pursued by CAB in the Madras High Court and in the apex court, was financed by Lalit Modi.<br/><br/>Earlier, the Madras High Court, in January, had dismissed Mr Swamy's PIL challenging the suspension of CSK and Rajasthan Royals (RR), saying it was not maintainable.<br/><br/>Justice RM Lodha panel had banned CSK and RR after holding that its top officials like Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra were found involved in betting.
News On AIR | October 5, 2016 7:48 AM
Apex court reserves order on Swamy's plea against CSK ban