The Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee on Friday filed a report in the Supreme Court on its investigation into the roles of ICC president N. Srinivasan and 12 prominent players in the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting and spot-fixing scandal.
A Bench led by Justice T.S. Thakur took on record the report, which was handed over to it in a sealed cover by senior advocate Raju Ramachandran.
The court has posted the case for detailed hearing on September 1.
The Supreme Court had in May 2014 appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal to probe the betting allegations against Mr. Srinivasan, his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and the co-owner of Rajasthan Royals, Raj Kundra. It was asked to submit its report by the end of August.
Passing orders then, a Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Ibrahim Kalifulla had said, “The Justice Mudgal committee in its earlier report had concluded that the role of Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan in Chennai Super Kings as the team owner, as well as the allegations of betting and passing on information against him, stand proved. But the allegations of spot-fixing require further investigation.
“The Justice Mudgal panel had also observed that the allegations of betting and spot-fixing against Raj Kundra, team owner of Jaipur Cricket Private Ltd. [Rajasthan Royals], need further investigation.
“Similarly,” the Bench had said, “the allegations against the 13 persons, including Mr. N. Srinivasan, mentioned in the report submitted in the sealed cover should be investigated into by the Justice Mudgal Committee and the team of investigators, because if a new Probe Committee is entrusted to inquire into the allegations, there is likelihood of the allegations being leaked to the public and such leakage will damage the reputation of the 13 persons beyond repair.”
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