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Spot-fixing case: Supreme Court sets aside life ban on Sreesanth, asks BCCI to reconsider punishment

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
Mar 15, 2019 11:28 AM IST

The Supreme Court set aside an order by the BCCI disciplinary committee in 2013 imposing life ban on the cricketer.

The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the BCCI’s disciplinary committee’s order imposing a life ban on former Indian cricketer S Sreesanth for his alleged involvement in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.

File image of Sreesanth.(Getty Images)
File image of Sreesanth.(Getty Images)

A bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and KM Joseph said the disciplinary committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) may reconsider within three months the quantum of punishment to be given to Sreesanth.

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The bench made it clear that Sreesanth will get the opportunity of being heard by the committee on the quantum of the punishment.

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The apex court also said that its verdict shall have no effect on the criminal proceedings pending against the former cricketer in the Delhi High Court, where the Delhi Police has challenged a trial court’s order discharging all accused, including Sreesanth, in the IPL spot-fixing case.

The bench passed this order on Sreesanth’s plea challenging the decision of a division bench of the Kerala High Court which had restored the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI.

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