Supreme Court directs BCCI to postpone elections

The Supreme Court, which on Tuesday asked BCCI to take action against its president in exile N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in connection with the Indian Premier League (IPL) scam, said the postponement of AGM is necessary as the hearing in the matter will not end before Dec 17.

The next hearing is on Dec 15.

N Srinivasan meanwhile has sought the court's permission to contest the BCCI polls but assured that he will keep away from all IPL matters.

Srinivasan, who is already the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), is seeking another term as BCCI president.

The apex court had asked Srinivasan to withdraw from BCCI.

The apex court also said a new committee should be formed to take action against those named by the Mudgal panel probing the IPL scam.

It also said that the  BCCI governing council should take action.

Mudgal panel was also asked to take action.

This comes after Srinivasan was accused of taking no action against Meiyappan.

The court has clearly stated that it wants Meiyappan to be punished.

The Supreme Court gave some time to the BCCI to come up with solutions on Tuesday itself and said it would also propose action against Chennai Super Kings and  Meiyappan.

Replying to BCCI, Srinivasan's lawyers suggested  five options in connection with the matter.

The first suggestion said the matter should be handed to BCCI Behaviour Committee (the committee exists and includes Ravi Shastri, Arindam Ganguly, Amitabh Choudhary, Sanjay Patel and one more official).

In a second suggestion, the lawyer said the matter should be refereed to BCCI-appointed independent committee.

Thirdly, the Supreme Court should nominate a committee of BCCI officials.

The fourth one included an appointment of a two-member committee of retired judges by the SC to deal with the matter.

The lawyers also suggested that Justice Mudgal panel should look into the matter

Srinivasan was seeking a clean chit from the Supreme Court to contest the BCCI elections and win another term as president.

Suspended BCCI President petitioned that he may be restored to his position as BCCI chief and be allowed to function.

The Mudgal Committee, which submitted its report on Nov 17, had indicted Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals franchise co-owner Raj Kundra of betting and confirmed their role in their teams but cleared Srinivasan of match fixing and scuttling the probe.

The probe report has charged Srinivasan with "covering up" Meiyappan's role.