File photo of N. Srinivasan.
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N. Srinivasan gave an assurance to the Supreme Court that he wold not attend any BCCI Working Committee or IPL Governing Council meetings if elected Board president. Srinivasan, said he would wait for a Court appointed high powered committee to clear his name of conflict of interest charges.
Srinivasan, who was suspended as BCCI president earlier this year, is the managing director of India Cements which owns IPL side Chennai Super Kings and the Supreme Court had pulled him over conflict of interest.
The court asked whether Srinivasan wanted to remain in BCCI or retain his team CSK in the IPL. Whether the committee should be external or should be a in-house committee of BCCI, the apex court observed.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court had hinted that a high-powered committee could be set up to decide on the punishment for those who breached the IPL code of conduct, including Gurunath Meiyappan, Srinivasan's son-in-law.
The committee, that could include retired judges, will also look into Srinivasan's role in the alleged betting and spot-fixing scam in IPL 6 and if the role of the two requires punishment and the quantum.
The court said maintaining the "purity" of cricket was utmost important for it and hinted at setting up a high-powered committee to suggest measures for cleansing the game and ascertain if there was conflict of interest involving Srinivasan.
"That committeee has to be a high-powered committee and that committee will also look into the conflict of interest and its findings will be binding on BCCI," a bench of justices T S Thakur and F M I Kalifulla observed while hinting that the committee would consist of retired judges.
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