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Lalit Modi no-show at disciplinary hearing
Suspended IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has failed to appear before the BCCI's Disciplinary Committee for the hearing. He will be represented by his lawyers.
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Suspended Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi, who is abroad, did not attend Cricket Board's Disciplinary Committee hearing on Friday and left the job of representing him before the three-member panel to his legal counsels.
Modi's attorney Mehmood Abdi, accompanied by three other lawyers, said after the meeting that BCCI considering our request on reconstituting the committee.
Lalit Modi's next hearing to be held on July 27 in Delhi at 6 pm.
On Thursday, the Bombay High Court refused to grant any relief to Modi and left the issue of reconstituting the Disciplinary panel on the members.
The division bench of Justices B H Marlapalle and Roshan Dalvi dismissed Modi's plea seeking reconstitution of the panel and cleared the deck for the disciplinary proceedings against him to commence.
However, the court also indicated that the final finding can be challenged by Modi and he can even raise the issue of constitution of the committee at that point.
Modi's objection to the committee was that it would be biased against him and he had sought that the panel be made up of independent persons, preferably retired supreme court judges.
But the division bench said that as per the BCCI rules, "Disciplinary committee has limited powers....it is only required to enquire into charges and submit the final report to the board. The board is the final decision-making body."
Modi had objected to Amin and Jaitley remaining on the panel.
Modi's lawyer Virag Tulzhapurkar said during the hearing of the petition that Amin had a "personal bias" against Modi, whereas Jaitley was on the IPL governing council which "ratified" formation of committee.
"So the decision of the committee is a foregone conclusion," he had argued.
But the court said that it was leaving the decision to these two persons whether they should withdraw from the panel on "moral grounds" and "it would not be proper for the court to interfere" now.
In his petition, Modi had sought suspension of the whole disciplinary proceedings.
But in view of his July 6 letter to the BCCI seeking reformation of the panel, court said that it would not consider other issues raised by him.
Modi's attorney Mehmood Abdi, accompanied by three other lawyers, said after the meeting that BCCI considering our request on reconstituting the committee.
Lalit Modi's next hearing to be held on July 27 in Delhi at 6 pm.
On Thursday, the Bombay High Court refused to grant any relief to Modi and left the issue of reconstituting the Disciplinary panel on the members.
The division bench of Justices B H Marlapalle and Roshan Dalvi dismissed Modi's plea seeking reconstitution of the panel and cleared the deck for the disciplinary proceedings against him to commence.
However, the court also indicated that the final finding can be challenged by Modi and he can even raise the issue of constitution of the committee at that point.
Modi's objection to the committee was that it would be biased against him and he had sought that the panel be made up of independent persons, preferably retired supreme court judges.
But the division bench said that as per the BCCI rules, "Disciplinary committee has limited powers....it is only required to enquire into charges and submit the final report to the board. The board is the final decision-making body."
Modi had objected to Amin and Jaitley remaining on the panel.
Modi's lawyer Virag Tulzhapurkar said during the hearing of the petition that Amin had a "personal bias" against Modi, whereas Jaitley was on the IPL governing council which "ratified" formation of committee.
"So the decision of the committee is a foregone conclusion," he had argued.
But the court said that it was leaving the decision to these two persons whether they should withdraw from the panel on "moral grounds" and "it would not be proper for the court to interfere" now.
In his petition, Modi had sought suspension of the whole disciplinary proceedings.
But in view of his July 6 letter to the BCCI seeking reformation of the panel, court said that it would not consider other issues raised by him.
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