Supreme Court of India

S. Sreesanth v. The Board of Control for Cricket in India & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 765
Bench Ashok Bhushan and K.M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 15 March 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we partly allow the appeal in the following manner: (i) The order dated 13.09.2013 of the disciplinary committee only to the extent of imposing sanction of life time ban is set aside. (ii) The disciplinary committee of the BCCI may reconsider the quantum of punishment/sanction which may be imposed on the appellant as per Article 6 of the Anti-Corruption Code.

Judgment, page 49

From the headnote

Cricket: Spot fixing – Ban for life – Plea of violation of rules of natural justice – In the instant case, appellant was r egister ed player and participated in IPL match – Allegation against the appellant was that in the match played on 09.05.2013 between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab at Mohali, in exchange of Rs.10 lakh, he agr eed to concede 14 or mor e r uns in the second over of bowling spell – One-man Commission which was constituted by BCCI on dir ection of Supr eme Cour t submitted a Preliminar y r eport – The r eport r elied on the video clipping and recordings of telephone

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