The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine amendment 6.2.4 brought by the BCCI in February 2008 that excluded IPL and Champions League from the purview of conflict of interest.
The amendment enabled BCCI office-bearers to own and promote teams for the two events.
The decision by a Bench led by Justice T.S. Thakur came when former BCCI president and intervenor in this case, I.S. Bindra, said the amendment was “the heart of the problem” and “because of this, greed has come into the game.”
“The conflict of interest is involved since 2008 which has created the mess,” Mr. Bindra's counsel Rajiv Dhavan said and added that “the game of cricket is going to dogs.”
However, during his submission, he was interrupted by BCCI president-in-exile N. Srinivasan’s counsel Kapil Sibal, who said, “It was Bindra who had confirmed the minutes of the meeting on amendment and today, five years after, he is raising it here.”
