Bombay High Court dismisses Lalit Modi’s petition

MUMBAI - The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi’s petition to reconstitute the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Disciplinary Committee that is looking into corruption charges against him.

Modi’s lawyer Mehmood Anbdi had filed the petition non September 9 and said that his client had challenged the committee’s order on August 11 this year.

Meanwhile, the ‘Disciplinary Committee’ is expected to resume it’s hearing today.

The BCCI had earlier rejected his demand for the recusal of Chirayu Amin and Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary panel investigating the charges of financial irregularities against him.

The BCCI had earlier in May given a show cause notice to Modi on charges of financial irregularity.

There are five main charges against Modi, ranging from receiving kickbacks for allotting TV broadcast rights to indiscipline and leveling baseless charges against the BCCI.

He is also facing charges of rigging the bidding of two new IPL teams, which were eventually won by Sahara and the Kochi IPL consortium and also for being a ghost owner in three IPL teams.

Modi has claimed that he has submitted most of the relevant IPL documents.

They include all franchisee agreements, global media rights agreements, the global media rights packages, bid documents, media rights licensee agreements, eligibility letters of all bidders with details and all sponsorship agreements entered into by IPL. (ANI)