2. IPL
The IPL is the richest of the world’s Twenty20 Cricket
leagues.
Top Indian and international players take part each
spring.
SCAM:
Taking money to concede a minimum number of runs.
3. The teams involved in this scam are Chennai Super
Kings and Rajasthan Royals.
Persons Played the major role in this scam are
Gurunath Meiyappan , the son-in-law of ICC chairman N.
Srinivasan and Raj Kundra , the part-owner of Rajasthan
Royals.
Gurunath Meiyappan Raj Kundra
4. Scam details:
2013 may 16 Rajasthan Royals players S Sreesanth,
Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan arrested for spot-fixing.
2013 may 24 Gurunath Meiyappan Team Principal of
Chennai Super Kings(CSK) and son-in-law of BCCI
Chief N Srinivasan , arrested.
2013 may 28 IPL Governing Council sets up committee
to probe the case.
2013 July 28 Inquiry commission finds no evidence
against Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj
Kundra.
5. 2013 July 30 Bombay High Court nullifies inquiry
commission’s report.
2013 Aug 5 BCCI(Board Of Control For Cricket In
India) moves Supreme Court against Bombay High Court
order.
2013 Aug 7 Supreme Court refuses to declare High
Court orders illegal.
2013 Sep 23 Cricket Association of Bihar moves
Supreme Court to restrain Srinivasan from contesting
BCCI election.
6. 2013 Sep 27 Supreme Court restrains Srinivasan from
taking charge as BCCI President.
2013 Oct 8 Supreme Court sets up three-member
inquiry commission under Justice Mudgal, allows
Srinivasan to take charge of BCCI.
2014 Feb10 Mudgal Committee submits report to
Supreme Court.
2014 Mar 25 Supreme Court recommends Srinivasan to
step down as BCCI chief.
2014 Mar 28 Supreme Court appoints Sunil Gavaskar as
interim BCCI chief for IPL7.
7. 2014 Apr 16 Supreme Court turns down Srinivasan’s
reinstatement plea.
2014 May 16 Supreme Court orders probe against
Srinivasan and 12 others, constitutes Empowered Probe
Panel.
2014 Nov 3 Mudgal panel submits final report.
2014 Nov 14 Srinivasan cleared in IPL Scam but
Meiyappan, Kundra indicated.
2014 Nov 24 Conflict of interest back to haunt
Srinivasan in Supreme Court.
8. 2014 Dec 10 Srinivasan agrees to keep away from IPL,
seeks Supreme Court nod for reinstatement as BCCI
President.
2014 Dec 15 Supreme Court decides to examine
controversial amendment to the BCCI rules which enable
office bearers to own teams in IPL and Champions
League.
2014 Dec 17 Supreme court asks Players, administrators
with interests not to run the game and reserves order in the
betting and spot fixing scam case.
9. 2015 Jan 22 Supreme Court absolves Srinivasan of
charge of cover-up and misleading the probe committee
and bars Srinivasan from contesting for any BCCI post.
Lodha Committee was formed by the Supreme Court in
its judgment in the IPL betting case on January 22.
2015 July 14: LODHA COMMITTEE VERDICT
Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings suspended
from IPL for 2 years.
Rajasthan Royals part-owner Raj Kundra banned for life
from cricket.
10. Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of ICC President
N.Srinivasan , banned for life and fined Rs.60 lakhs.
Justice Lodha says Meiyappan violated ICC anti-
corruption code, caused huge loss reputation of cricket.
Further investigation required on IPL COO Sunder
Raman’s involvement in betting racket.
Test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and his former
Rajasthan Royals team-mate Ankeet Chavan were banned
for life by the BCCI after being arrested in May 2013 on
suspicion of taking money to concede a minimum number
of runs.
11. Mr Srinivasan, who has been banned from holding any
post in India's cricket board, where he served as president
for three years from 2011, has a stake in Chennai Super
Kings.
Justice R.M.LODHA
N.Srinivasan
