So what happens to Sreesanth next? Will the BCCI or the Delhi Police go to a higher court?
For the time being, despite the Delhi court verdict, the BCCI has decided to stick to its ban on Sreesanth and the other cricketers. But the worry all around is whether the BCCI would consult the former Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar who was appointed chief advisor of its Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) a few months ago. It was under Mr. Kumar’s leadership that Sreesanth and the other cricketers were arrested in 2013 in the spot-fixing scandal.
With Neeraj Kumar now in a BCCI body, is there a probable conflict of interest? Or the likelihood that Sreesanth’s case would be unfairly treated?
“The question is not whether there is a conflict of interest. The question rather would be whether there is a sound probability for conflict of interest,” said Kaleeswaram Raj , a Kochi-based Supreme Court and High Court lawyer.
“We are now talking in terms of a possible bias. The bias may be in favour of a person, may be against a person.
Will Neeraj Kumar’s presence in a BCCI unit make things difficult for Sreesanth and his case?
“Definitely, because the ban on a career cricketer is such a serious thing. It is so serious a matter that it cannot be left to persons who had or who has or who is believed to have some interest whether in the past, present or in future, direct or indirect,” said Mr. Kaleeswaram Raj .
This article has been corrected for a factual error.
