The Bombay High Court today held as "illegal and unconstitutional" the two-member probe panel set up by the BCCI to look into spot-fixing and betting charges in the IPL tournament.
"Bombay High Court has taken a very correct decision. According to me also this (BCCI's internal enquiry) was an eyewash. The judges appointed in the two-member committee were the people of N Srinivasan.
"How is that on the day of the Working Committee meeting, the report is submitted in the morning and in the evening the two people (N Srinivasan's son-in-law and team principal of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra) were set free? It is nothing but fraud," Lele told reporters.
The Court order has come just two days after the probe panel submitted its report on July 28, giving a clean chit to Srinivasan, Meiyappan and Kundra.
Lele said the moment Meiyappan agreed to betting in IPL matches, the franchise has no right to stay in the IPL.
"The board constitution is clear that any close relative of the franchise owner is found in any sought of misconduct he has no right to stay. The moment Meiyappan agreed with the police that he had betted, Srinivasan's term ends," he said.
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