Supreme Court of India indicates that Mufgal Panel report on spot-fixing and betting in IPL-2013 “does suggest misdemeanour” of some individuals and players Friday Nov 14,2014

The Supreme Court on Friday Nov 14,2014 indicated that the conclusion of the Justice Mukul Mudgal panel report on spot-fixing and betting in IPL-2013 “does suggest misdemeanour” of some individuals and players .

While naming the four individuals against whom the probe was conducted — Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan (who has stepped aside), his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals Raj Kundra and IPL CEO Sundar Raman — a bench of Justices T.S. Thakur and Ibrahim Kalifulla decided to make public the report on them. The bench issued notice to them seeking their response after a copy of the report was furnished.

The bench also said the BCCI could not hold its annual general meeting and election scheduled for November 20 till the board addressed issues related to the IPL and the Mudgal panel report conclusions

The Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal Committee, probing the betting and spot-fixing scandals in the Indian Premier League, submitted its final investigation report on the alleged role of former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan and 12 others in a sealed cover to the Supreme Court on Monday Nov 03,2014


The Mukul Mudgal committee which probed into betting and spot-fixing in last year’s Indian Premier League has  found “misdemeanours” against the now sidelined Srivinasan, his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan, Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and former Indian Premier League CEO Sundar Raman.







The 170-page probe report of the panel, headed by former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal, delves deep into the problem of spot-fixing and betting.
The probe found that Meiyappan had placed bets and passed on team information. However, the report says further investigation is required over Meiyappan's alleged involvement in spot-fixing in the IPL. 

Justice T.S. Thakur who headed the bench overseeing the probe inadvertently also revealed the name of cricketers Owais Shah, Stuart Binny and Samuel Badree “not realizing they were players”

Justice Thakur had no intention to reveal the names of cricketers as while beginning to read the list of names it had made it clear that “for the time-being we are withholding the names of players”. 

When BCCI lawyer Aryama Sundaram pointed out the faux pas to Justice Thakur, the judge looked surprised, and said: “We didn’t realise they were players.”

BCCI lawyer Aryama Sundaram urged Justice Thakur to restrain the media from mentioning the names but by then reporters of TV channels had already rushed out and flashed the names. The Bench urged the media not to mention the names but significantly did not refer to it in the dictated order. 

The court directed its registry to give to all parties copies of the report pertaining to findings against Srinivasan, Meiyappan, Kundra and Sundar Raman after blacking out portions where any player’s names have been mentioned.

The Bench has asked the four to file replies within five days. While Srinivasan’s lawyer Kapil Sibal accepted notice as he was present in the courtroom, the court issued notices to Meiyappan, Kundra and Sundar Raman.

The BCCI informed the court that it has decided to postpone the scheduled November 20 Annual General Meeting of the Board in view of pendency of this case by four weeks. 

The submission of BCCI came as the Bench observed that “unless we address the issue raised in Mudgal report, we cannot say anything on the point or the question of holding election or allowing Srinivasan to contest the election”.