The Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed December 17 elections of the Indian cricket board after sidelined chief N Srinivasan appealed that he wants to contest the polls.
N Srinivasan, who was earlier this year removed as chief of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told the Supreme Court that if he is re-elected, he would stay away from the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council till a proposed committee decides on the larger question of conflict of between his BCCI role and his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.
Responding to a question from the court Tuesday, senior lawyer Kapil Sibal told a bench of Justice TS Thakur and Justice FMI Kalifulla that Srinivasan would stay away from the governing council and its activities and also from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) meetings related to the IPL.
Sibal said: "Mr N Srinivasan, further undertakes that if he is elected as president of BCCI, till the (proposed) committee suggests the procedure to deal with the issue of conflict of interest, he will not attend any IPL governing council meeting or any other IPL related discussion in any meeting of working committee or general body meeting of the BCCI."
This the court was told in a note on the scope of reference of the committee to be appointed by the apex court or the BCCI into the question of conflict of interest. The note said the committee could suggest "the sanctions to be imposed, in accordance with the applicable IPL rules on person prima facie found to be involved in the act of backing by the Mudgal Committee."
The committee may also determine the liability of the franchisees for the act of backing by their "team officials and to suggest the consequential sanctions that can be imposed on them in accordance with the IPL rules."
The note said that another term of reference for the proposed committee would be to "consider and suggest a mechanism to identify the potential conflict of interest in the BCCI and to suggest the procedure to be adopted for dealing with situations of potential conflict of interest."
Senior advocate CA Sundaram, appearing for the BCCI, said that any such committee would affect the board's autonomy.
The apex court also expressed concern over circket being hit by betting and spot-fixing scandal. "Game of cricket will collapse if people's confidence in the sport is not restored and preserved," it said.
(With inputs from PTI and IANS)
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