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Supreme Court has told Board of Control for Cricket in India's president-in-exile N. Srinivasan that he should not have attended Board's working committee meeting on February 8. Srinivasan, who is aiming to be BCCI's president again, was clearly told earlier (on January 22) by the apex court to give up commercial interest in cricket if he wanted to contest BCCI elections.
Srinivasan attended the meeting in his capacity as Tamil Nadu Cricket Association president.
The court has said that they aren't happy with Srinivasan attending the meeting. "If he can't contest how can he hold the post?," the court questioned.
The court went on to say that, "Srinivasan might have done great service to the game. But after our judgement his position is vulnerable."
Srinivasan's lawyer Kapil Sibal argued that Srinivasan had not disobeyed the Court order, saying, "No decision was taken in the meet, only the date for election was fixed."
Cricket Association of Bihar, who had filed a petition against Srinivasan, argued that the cricket strongman from Tamil Nadu had violated the court's order and should be punished. They also said that Shivlal Yadav, the current interim president of the Board, should have presided over the meeting.
Sibal countered by saying that the court's judgement of January 22 stops him from contesting in elections but not from continuing current post till the said elections. Sibal also requested time till Friday to take instructions from his client, Srinivasan. The next hearing of the case will be on Friday (February 27).
(With inputs from A. Vaidyanathan)
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