Ban on Sreesanth: Supreme Court asks BCCI for reply

Challenging the life ban imposed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the spot-fixing case, former cricketer S Sreesanth filed a petition, on which the Supreme Court asked the BCCI on Monday to respond. While hearing the case, Chief Justice Deepak Mishra, Justice A.M. Khanvilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud's bench has given four weeks to respond to the BCCI. The court also granted Sreesanth four weeks to respond to the BCCI's response.

Senior advocate Parag Tripathi accepted the notice on behalf of the BCCI. Senior advocate Salman Khurshid on behalf of Sreesanth said that in the absence of evidence the trial court acquits the former cricketer and it is not justified to impose a life ban on them even after this.

Let us tell you that in an interview given to Republic TV last October in the matter, Sreesanth had accused the BCCI that in this case many other names of the players were also included, which were saved by the BCCI.

Sreesanth had said that according to the Mudgal Committee report, the names of 13 other players were also included in this case which are still playing. Sreesanth had claimed that the BCCI had requested the names of these players not to be public because it hurt Indian cricket. These players are still playing for their respective countries.

Sreesanth had said that in this case he was only convicted and sent to Tihar Jail. Significantly, senior advocate Niloy Dutt, who was part of the Mudgal Committee has also confirmed Sreesanth's claims. Dutt had said in a statement that the BCCI had made every effort to redress the matter.