In response to Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited’s petition in the Madras High Court challenging the two-year ban from the IPL imposed by the Justice Lodha Committee, the BCCI has argued that the CSKL is not a legal entity, and hence it cannot file a case.
“CSK is not a legal entity as such. It is the second respondent [India Cements] who participated in the proceedings before the Bombay High Court, the Supreme Court, the HPPC, the DPC as owner of the franchisee CSK... Though the writ petitioner was incorporated on December 19, 2014, it did not choose to appear before the Supreme Court,” the BCCI said in its counter-affidavit.
The BCCI said the CSK’s challenge against the order of the committee appointed by the Supreme Court was not “maintainable” as it was a society under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act.
The affidavit said there was a possibility of conflict of decisions if the writ petition was entertained by the court.
