Judgement day for Srinivasan, CSK & Royals
January 22, 2015  14:28
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The fate of the former India cricket chief Narayanswami Srinivasan and his Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings will be known when the Supreme Court pronounces its verdict on Thursday.

The Supreme Court has deferred the judgement till 1430pm IST.

Srinivasan, who is seeking a third term as BCCI president, is facing serious charges of conflict of interest as a cricket administrator.

His son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is in the eye of the storm for betting.

On December 17, when the Supreme Court broke for the winter break, the Special Bench comprising Justice TS Thakur and FM Kalifullah reserved its order on the corruption case after listening to final round of arguments.

The case dates back to June 2013 when Aditya Verma, secretary of the Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), raised charges of a conflict of interest in the BCCI's original two-member inquiry panel for the IPL corruption issue.

A Bombay High Court ruling later termed the probe panel "illegal".

The BCCI and the CAB filed petitions in the Supreme Court against this order, with the CAB contending that the Bombay High Court could have suggested a fresh mechanism to look into the corruption allegations.

The Supreme Court then appointed a three-member committee, headed by former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Mukul Mudgal and comprising of additional solicitor general L Nageswara Rao and Nilay Dutta to conduct an independent inquiry into the allegations of corruption against Meiyappan, India Cements, and Rajasthan Royals team owner Raj Kundra, as well as with the larger mandate of allegations around betting and spot-fixing in IPL matches and the involvement of players.

The panel indicted Meiyappan and Kundra for betting and sharing team information. Srinivasan and IPL COO Sundar Raman were also charged with "misdemeanor" that included cover-up reports of betting involving team owners and their acquaintances.

The probe finally narrowed down to 13 names, one of which was BCCI boss Srinivasan, who was suspended from running Board affairs.

The Supreme Court has so far been critical of Srinivasan and the way he ran cricket in India with multiple interest in mind.
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