PIL in Madras High Court against IPL11

PIL in Madras High Court against IPL11

A PIL was filed in the Madras High Court on Wednesday, seeking to restrain the BCCI from conducting the 11th edition of Indian Premier League in the absence of adequate measures to prevent match-fixing and betting.

When the petition by IPS officer G Sampathkumar came up, the First Bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice A Selvam ordered notice to the Union home ministry and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
It then posted the matter for further hearing to April 13.
The bench orally observed that though the apprehensions of the petitioner were bona fide, how the game could be stalled just because there was a possibility of match-fixing and other offences.
To this, the petitioner said the intention was not to stall the game and agreed to amend the prayer accordingly.
Noting that it cannot be denied that such offences were still in existence, the bench said it was not sure what preventive measures can be brought in to check them.
"We have many laws to prevent corruption including the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, but can we say that corruption does not exist in society," it wondered.
"We have many laws to prevent corruption including the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, but can we say that corruption does not exist in society," it wondered.
The petitioner said as an investigating officer from Chennai, he was instrumental in exposing 2013 spot-fixing and betting in IPL matches.
"Contrary to the Lodha Committee report, vested interests still continue to be protected in the IPL and the questions of conflict of interest remain unaddressed by BCCI," he alleged.
This apart, he claimed the cricket board does not have any system of accountability in the performance of its anti-corruption unit and does not have a database of earnings of its players nor about bookies, fixers and kingpins of illegal betting.
In 2015, a panel appointed by the Supreme Court suspended Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals after finding them guilty in an illegal betting and match-fixing probe. Both franchises are back this season after serving the two-year ban.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been granted to receive the third highest civilian award in India, Padma Bhushan

The winning skipper of all ICC events in the game of cricket, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been granted to receive the third highest civilian award in India, Padma Bhushan. The Ranchi lad is the 11th cricketer to be awarded such a great honour.

The Padma Bhushan which is initiated back in 1954, is given for conspicuous service of a high order by an individual in the respective field for the country. MS Dhoni who is widely regarded as one of the masterminds to grace the game of cricket was the unanimous choice for the selection panel to grant the honour.

MS Dhoni is currently serving the Indian team in limited overs format as he called curtains on his Test cricket to focus on white ball cricket. He led India to victory in 2007 and 2011 World Cups and then bagged Champions Trophy and Asia Cups under his belt. India has also been number 1 in Test cricket under his captaincy for quite a time.

India completed seven years of their famous World Cup triumph today and Mahendra Singh Dhoni played an integral role in taking them to the title. Dhoni took a brave decision to promote himself up the order despite being not in the best of forms in the whole tournament.

Dhoni scored a quickfire 91 and put together an alliance of 109 runs with southpaw Gautam Gambhir. The Delhi batsman also contributed with 97 runs to take India home which was the highest successful chase in the World Cup final.

There is no denying the fact that MS Dhoni took Indian cricket to great heights and he was an inspirational leader. The same legacy has now been carried on by current skipper Virat Kohli. Dhoni always led the Indian team with aplomb and deserved the prestigious award from the Government of India.
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