November 18, 2007	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 07, 1428

INDORE, Nov 17: Cutting a ‘Tiranga cake’ during the World Cup has landed Sachin Tendulkar in a legal soup as a local court on Saturday issued a notice to the Little Master asking him to present his case in the next hearing on Dec 15.

However, the court has exemoted the cricketer from appearing in person for the hearing.

The special judge Mohammad Shamim’s order in the matter came on a review petition filed by Rajesh Bidkar against Tendulkar, saying cutting of a ‘Tiranga cake’ by the cricketer was an insult to the national pride.

Tendulkar was caught in a controversy following the cutting of a ‘Tiranga cake’ during the World Cup against West Indies earlier this year in Jamaica.

Bidkar had filed a case against Tendulkar in the court of first class magistrate Udai Singh Marawi, which was dismissed on June, 26 this year. Alleging that Tendulkar had intentionally insulted the ‘Tiranga’, Bidkar had filed a review petition in the matter.—Agencies