The Bombay Excessive Court docket has imposed a high quality of Rs 1 lakh on Indian Premier League (IPL) founder Lalit Modi for submitting a ‘frivolous’ and ‘fully false’ petition asking cricket regulator BCCI to file an Enforcement Directorate (ED) case towards him. A route was sought to pay the high quality of Rs 10.65 crore imposed by the. Modi sought interim route from the court docket to the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pay a high quality of Rs 10.65 crore imposed on them by the Central Anti-Cash Laundering Company for violations below the Overseas Change Administration Act (FEMA) in Might 2018. Was.
Modi was the vice-president of the BCCI and through that point he was additionally appointed chairman of a subcommittee of the IPL governing physique, BCCI. The petition claims that as per the bylaws, BCCI should pay compensation to Modi.
Nevertheless, a bench of Justices MS Sonak and Jitendra Jain cited a 2005 Supreme Court docket judgment which held that BCCI doesn’t fall inside the definition of ‘state’ as per constitutional provisions. The bench mentioned that regardless of clear orders of the highest court docket, Modi had filed this petition in 2018.
The bench mentioned, “Within the instances of alleged compensation of the petitioner (Modi) in respect of the high quality imposed on the petitioner (Modi) by the ED, there isn’t a query of discharge of any public perform, and subsequently, for this objective, No writ could be issued to BCCI.”
It mentioned, “In any occasion, the aid is totally misconceived. The tribunal below FEMA has imposed a high quality of Rs 10.65 crore on the petitioner. The petitioner now seeks a writ of mandamus on BCCI to pay this quantity to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). No such order could be issued.”
“This petition is frivolous, and accordingly, we dismiss this petition with prices,” the order clarified. The bench directed Modi to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh to Tata Memorial Hospital by January 16, 2025.
