SC reserves verdict on plea for Srinivasan's ouster from BCCI

New Delhi, Dec 17: The Supreme Court Wednesday reserved its verdict on the plea for barring N. Srinivasan from seeking re-election the Indian cricket board president and for terminating IPL franchisee Chennai Super Kings (CSK), owned by his company India Cements Limited, on the grounds of conflict of interest. The petitioner Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) sought the ouster of Srinivasan from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on the grounds that he was placed in a "conflict of interest" situation on account of his duties as the head of the apex cricketing body of the country and his interest as owner of CSK. The CAB had also challenged the amendment to the BCCI Rule 6.2.4 that permitted Srinivasan to have IPL franchisee CSK without attracting the provision of "conflict of interest". The apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla reserved the verdict after senior counsel C.A. Sundaram for the BCCI, Kapil Sibal for N. Srinivasan, Nalini Chidambram for the CAB, and Rajeev Dhavan for former BCCI president I.S. Bindra concluded their arguments.