SC sets April 29 as next date for hearing of IPL corruption issue

Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) Secretary Aditya Verma on Tuesday said the Supreme Court has set April 29 as the next date for hearing the IPL corruption issue, and directed the Justice Mudgal Committee to specify the terms and modalities for carrying the probe forward.

"The Supreme Court has given time to the Mudgal panel on specifying the modalities of conducting the probe until next Tuesday, as their senior counsel were busy in another court. Hence, the court asked the junior counsel about what changes Justice Mudgal Committee wants to bring. The court also asked the Mudgal committee to share with them about which investigative agency of the Government of India can help them in the probe," Verma said.

Earlier, the Supreme Court had rejected the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) proposed three-member investigative panel to look into allegations of corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The apex court had instead asked the Mudgal Committee to investigate 13 players, who were named in its report. The apex court had given time till 2 p.m. Tuesday for the committee to respond to its suggestion.

The BCCI had proposed the names of former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director R.K. Raghavan, former high court judge J.N. Patel and former Indian cricket captain Ravi Shastri as the panel members investigating the corruption in IPL.

The decision to form the probe panel was made after the Supreme Court of India urged the BCCI to probe spot-fixing claims against 13 players and officials.

The Supreme Court had recently ordered incumbent president N. Srinivasan to stand down from the post amid allegations that his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was involved with illegal betting in the last IPL season.

Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar is overseeing the ongoing IPL tournament.