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| May 27, 2003 | Tuesday | Rabi-ul-Awwal 24,1424 |
Jadeja’s plea rejected by court
NEW DELHI, May 26: The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected Indian all-rounder Ajay Jadeja’s plea for return to grade cricket in view of BCCI’s petition challenging Justice J.K. Mehra award setting aside five-year ban imposed on him following the match-fixing controversy.
Justice Manmohan Sarin, who had on May 16 issued notices to Jadeja, BCCI’s Investigator K. Madhavan and members of Disciplinary Committee, agreed with BCCI counsel Kapil Sibal’s submission that cricketer’s plea cannot be entertained unless objections to the award were decided.
The court is scheduled to hear BCCI’s objections to the Award on July 8 after respondents file their replies.
Earlier, a Division Bench of the court had on April 24 asked BCCI to consider Jadeja for Ranji Trophy and posted the matter for hearing on May 19.
However, when the matter came up for hearing, the bench sent the petition to Justice Sarin after BCCI counsel Radha Rangaswamy submitted that the award had already been challenged before a single bench.
The BCCI challenged Justice Mehra award on April 25, just two days before it was to become binding. The Jan 27 award would have become final on April 27 at expiry of 90-day statutory period, had it gone unchallenged.
Jadeja accused BCCI of scuttling his selection in Ranji Trophy by faxing a letter to DDCA and advising the latter not to select him.
He was also not allowed to take part in charity match in South Africa as ICC objected to his participation at instance of BCCI, his counsel P. P. Malhotra alleged. — PPI
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