Supreme Court agrees to hear plea seeking lifting of Chennai Super Kings’ ban

A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice U U Lalit has agreed to hear the plea at a later date, which challenged the Justice RM Lodha committee’s decision to ban IPL franchises Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2015. The franchisees were suspended for a period of two years after an enquiry by the committee found top officials of the franchisees engaging in betting.

In the plea, Swamy has also sought a CBI probe into the petition filed before the apex court by the Bihar Cricket Association (BCA).

"A fraud has been committed on this court as the entire litigation initiated by BCA was funded by Lalit Modi," Swamy said, claiming that he agrees with almost 99% of the finding of the Lodha panel, except the banning of CSK, reported PTI.

The BJP leader also claimed that his earlier plea in the Madras High Court was wrongly rejected by the court back in January.  

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