New Delhi/Chennai:
N Srinivasan is back in office as the chief of the Indian cricket board, sources have said. He took over at 8 pm on Tuesday, ending Jagmohan Dalmiya's short term as interim president.
This comes days after a probe panel by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave clean chit to his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan who was accused of betting in the Indian Premier League, held this year. Mr Srinivasan had to step aside in the wake of the probe.
He, however, denied any comment when asked about his reported comeback at the helm of the BCCI. "I can't reply, don't hound me like this," Mr Srinivasan told reporters in Chennai.
Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court, which had earlier said that the findings of the panel which gave clean chit to Mr Meiyappan and other officials of the IPL team are invalid, today held that the commission was constituted in violation of the rules framed by the BCCI.
"The (probe) commission was not duly constituted and was contrary to and in violation of the provisions of Rules 2.2 and 3 of Section 6 of the Operational Rules (of BCCI)," said Justices M S Sonak and S F Vajifdar in a 61-page verdict delivered yesterday which may thwart Srinivasan's bid to regain full control of the BCCI.
The court said rule 2.2 of the Operational Rules mandated presence of at least one member of the IPL Code of Behaviour Committee on the Commission. They questioned the reason why Ravi Shastri and Arun Jaitley, both members of the Behaviour Committee, were not on the probe panel.
"There is no reason furnished as to why they were not appointed on the commission. There is no explanation why BCCI did not appoint them. The Respondent (Cricket Board) did not even ask them to be on the commission," said the bench.
The BCCI's working committee is scheduled to meet on Friday, August 2, and Mr Srinivasan has said that he will attend. Mr Srinivasan can officially take over only after the board's working committee has formally re-instated him; the working committee had asked him to "step aside" in June, which he did reluctantly, making it clear that he would be back in his chair after the committee of two retired high court judges concluded its inquiry.
After Mr Meiyappan was arrested in May this year on charges of gambling, cheating, and conspiracy, many members of the BCCI had sought Mr Srinivasan's resignation. But the powerful BCCI boss had refused to resign.
This comes days after a probe panel by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) gave clean chit to his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan who was accused of betting in the Indian Premier League, held this year. Mr Srinivasan had to step aside in the wake of the probe.
He, however, denied any comment when asked about his reported comeback at the helm of the BCCI. "I can't reply, don't hound me like this," Mr Srinivasan told reporters in Chennai.
Meanwhile, the Bombay High Court, which had earlier said that the findings of the panel which gave clean chit to Mr Meiyappan and other officials of the IPL team are invalid, today held that the commission was constituted in violation of the rules framed by the BCCI.
"The (probe) commission was not duly constituted and was contrary to and in violation of the provisions of Rules 2.2 and 3 of Section 6 of the Operational Rules (of BCCI)," said Justices M S Sonak and S F Vajifdar in a 61-page verdict delivered yesterday which may thwart Srinivasan's bid to regain full control of the BCCI.
The court said rule 2.2 of the Operational Rules mandated presence of at least one member of the IPL Code of Behaviour Committee on the Commission. They questioned the reason why Ravi Shastri and Arun Jaitley, both members of the Behaviour Committee, were not on the probe panel.
"There is no reason furnished as to why they were not appointed on the commission. There is no explanation why BCCI did not appoint them. The Respondent (Cricket Board) did not even ask them to be on the commission," said the bench.
The BCCI's working committee is scheduled to meet on Friday, August 2, and Mr Srinivasan has said that he will attend. Mr Srinivasan can officially take over only after the board's working committee has formally re-instated him; the working committee had asked him to "step aside" in June, which he did reluctantly, making it clear that he would be back in his chair after the committee of two retired high court judges concluded its inquiry.
After Mr Meiyappan was arrested in May this year on charges of gambling, cheating, and conspiracy, many members of the BCCI had sought Mr Srinivasan's resignation. But the powerful BCCI boss had refused to resign.
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