Court declines to interfere in BCCI action against Modi
By IANSThursday, July 15, 2010
MUMBAI - The Bombay High Court Thursday declined to interfere in the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) disciplinary proceedings against suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi, his attorney said.
Maintaining that Modi’s plea to stay the BCCI disciplinary proceedings has not been rejected, his lawyer Mehmood Abdi said: “The high court has said that as of today, they would not interfere in the disciplinary proceedings against Modi by the BCCI.”
“The division bench of Justice B.H. Marlapalle and Justice Roshan Dalvi stated that the BCCI can continue with the proceedings while keeping in mind Modi’s objections,” Abdi added.
“We will wait for the written copy of the court’s order and plan out next step accordingly,” Abdi told reporters.
Modi had on July 8 appealed to the court to appoint a mutually acceptable panel to consider the replies to the three show cause notices issued to him for alleged irregularities in the conduct of the IPL Twenty20 League.
The BCCI had suspended Modi April 25. He was given show cause notices April 26, May 6 and May 31.
