15 July,2010 08:31 AM IST | | Dheeraj Chandrasekhar
The Bombay High Court will pass an order today on suspended Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi's petition challenging disciplinary proceedings against him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
The case was mentioned before the division bench headed by Justice B H Marlapalle yesterday.
Modi had sought an independent "outside" body for conducting inquiry instead of the present disciplinary panel comprising Arun Jaitley, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Chirayu Amin, who is IPL's interim chairman.
Putting forward Modi's argument, his lawyer Virag Tulzhapurkar told the court that his client can't be judged by the disciplinary committee as it would be biased against him.
Countering the argument, the bench panel of BCCI insisted at the court that the general body decides the disciplinary committee.
BCCI's lawyer A Sundaram argued that the High Court could not hear this petition as the cricket board was a society and this was an internal matter.
The committee will meet tomorrow and wants Modi to appear before it.u00a0 The court orders would be passed a day ahead of the meeting.
One of the BCCI lawyers said that Modi's allegations were "fanciful".u00a0 Justice Marlapalle said, "In general, the game of cricket has become fanciful," evoking laughter in the court room.
Modi's counsel led by Abdi Mehmood, however, preferred not to comment on the proceedings.
"Judgment of order and argument is reserved for tomorrow," said Abdi.
