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How can Srinivasan attend BCCI meeting ?: SC asks

| | Feb 23, 2015, at 10:11 pm
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IBNS) Questioning the propriety of BCCI president-in-exile N. Srinivasan attending the Board's working committee meeting, the Supreme Court on Monday said he should not have done this.

The apex court's observation came after Srinivasan attended the meeting on Febuary 8 in his capacity as Tamil Nadu Cricket Association President.

The court, which had earlier asked Srinivasan to give up commercial interest in cricket if he wanted  to contest BCCI elections, said after its judgement he had no business to attend the meeting.

"Srinivasan might have done great service to the game. But after our judgement his position is vulnerable... "If he can't contest, how can he hold the post?," the court questioned.

Srinivasan, the owner of IPL franchisee Chennai Super Kings, is said to be aiming to be BCCI's president again.

Arguing that Srinivasan had not disobeyed the court order, his lawyer Kapil Sibal  said,  "No decision was taken in the meet, only the date for election was fixed."

Cricket Association of Bihar moved the Supreme Court, arguing that Srinivasan had violated the court's order and should be punished. The Association said Shivlal Yadav, the current interim president of the Board, should have presided over the meeting.

However, Sibal in his counter argument said  the court's judgement of January 22 stops Srinivasan only from contesting in elections but not from continuing current post till the  elections.

Sibal also requested time till Friday to take instructions from his client, Srinivasan. The next hearing of the case will be held on February 27.

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