SC rejects BCCI’s probe panel for IPL

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Justice Mudgal Committee whether it will be willing to conduct further probe against N Srinivasan and 12 others including some prominent cricketers in the IPL spot fixing and betting scandal. A bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said the committee will be given assistance by investigating agencies if it agrees to conduct further probe against 13 people who were named by it in a sealed envelope after it conducted initial investigation in the scandal. The Board also informed the court that it has decided to constitute a three-member panel to further probe the scandal but the bench said it will pass the order after hearing all the parties and after considering Justice Mudgal Committee's reply. The all-powerful working committee of the Board, in its emergent meeting on April 20, had decided to suggest the names of former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri, former Calcutta high court Chief Justice JN Patel and ex-CBI director R K Raghavan as members of the probe committee.

Modi welcomes decision

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on Tuesday welcomed Supreme Court's decision to ask Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee to continue the IPL spot-fixing probe, hoping that it will "blow the lid" on corruption in the Twnety20 league. "Good to see the honourable Supreme Court taking the right direction by appointing justice Mudgal to go forward and finish the investigation," Modi tweeted.