April 16, 2014 6:36 PM

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BCCI should conduct probe against Srinivasan, 12 others: SC

The Supreme Court today said, the BCCI should conduct a probe against its suspended Chief N Srinivasan and 12 others in the betting and spot fixing scandal to maintain its institutional autonomy.A bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said that the court cannot close its eyes to the allegations made by the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee which enqiured into the IPL scam.The bench, however, expressed reservation over ordering a SIT or CBI probe, saying that institutional autonomy of the Board has to be maintained and a committee constituted by the BCCI to look into the issue would be preferred.The bench said, report of Justice Mudgal committee said all these allegations were brought to Srinivasan's notice but he did not take any action. Srinivasan had appealed to the Supreme Court yesterday to reinstate him as BCCI chief. He was removed from the post on March 28.He had appealed to the Court to reconsider its interim order keeping him away from the affairs of the Board and sought its permission to resume his office, the tenure of which is till September this year. The Court however said, its interim order will stand.In the meantime, the bench allowed Sundar Raman to continue to function as Chief Operating Officer of IPL 7, which is to begin today in Abu Dhabi.The Court also made it clear that IPL 7 would go on, as scheduled, and it also agreed to hear the plea of BCCI and Srinivasan for allowing them to get the tapes of audio recording of interactions of the Mudgal committee with Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Srinivasan.

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