The Madras High Court has admitted a petition filed by the IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings challenging its two-year ban imposed by the Justice RM Lodha panel on charges of betting by its top official Gurunath Meiyappan in 2013. After hearing the petition, the bench headed by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishen Kaul today posted the case for the 27th of this month. The first bench also admitted the plea of the Cricket Association of Bihar to be a party in the case and directed it and the BCCI to file their replies before the next hearing. <br/><br/>Mr Gurunath Meiyappan and Mr Raj Kundra, an official of the Rajasthan Royals among others, were found to have indulged in heavy betting during the 2013 IPL season, leading to the ban of both the franchises. However, the new owners of the CSK, the Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited has claimed in its petition that Mr Meiyappan had not owned any share in the franchise's former owner India Cements and he has not been on its board.<br/><br/>It avers, the charges were not of match fixing or spot fixing and none of the players in the team faced any charges of foul play and therefore the Supreme Court appointed panel's decision is against natural justice. <br/><br/>The BCCI has convened its Working Committee on 28th of this month, a day after the next hearing in the High Court, to discuss about the ban against the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals franchises.