Rajasthan Royals to appeal in HC against BCCI
Axed IPL franchisee Rajasthan Royals could file an appeal against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)’s decision to remove Rajasthan Royals from Indian Premiere League (IPL) in Bombay High Court on Monday.
BCCI had taken the decision to terminate the contracts of Rajasthan Royals on Oct 10 as they were charged with altering the shareholding pattern of their franchisee without taking the approval of either the board or the IPL governing council, reports said.
Media reports said that Supreme Court lawyer Harish Salve will argue the case for the Rajasthan Royals.
Earlier, Rajasthan Royals’ co-owner Shilpa Shetty had said that the Indian cricket board should have treated her company with more fairness, after this decision was taken by the board.
“We should have been treated with more fairness,” she said.
“We don’t want to hurl stones and have not done something wrong. Even if we have done something wrong, I think, as a franchise, the passion we have done it with, we need to be treated with a little more fairness,” Shilpa said.
Shilpa said she and her husband joined Rajasthan Royals only in the second year of the IPL.
“In any business if you have defaulted, you have to pay for that and compensate. Just throwing us is not a solution,” she told reporters, adding that if they have angered anyone, they are ready to face the consequences.
“But you can’t just cancel us out,” she said.
“When you buy into a team, 5 per cent of the money goes to the BCCI and they have accepted Raj’s money. And if there was a problem with the owner, why would they accept the money?” she asked.
She also mentioned that the former IPL chairmanmm Lalit Modi had no connection with the company.
Rajasthan Royals had won the first edition of IPL in 2008.
Earlier, the Governing Council of the Indian Premier League on Oct 10 terminated the contracts of two glamour franchisees ? Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab- sending tectonic tremors in the cash-rich annual event and inviting shock and dismay of the Bollywood divas who co-own the teams.
