Lalit Modi v BCCI: Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of ₹ 1 lakh on former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi. This fine was imposed on his petition, in which Modi had demanded the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pay the fine of ₹ 10.65 crore imposed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court rejected this petition, calling it “futile and inappropriate”.
Court’s strict stance
The bench of Justice MS Sonak and Justice Jitendra Jain rejected Lalit Modi’s petition and said that BCCI does not have any public responsibility. The court also made it clear that it is unfair to force BCCI to pay the fine imposed under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
The court said in its order, “This petition is frivolous. It is dismissed and a fine of ₹ 1,00,000 is imposed on the petitioner. This amount will be given to Tata Memorial Hospital.”
“The court said, ‘The matter of compensation alleged to be in respect of the fine imposed by the ED on the petitioner does not relate to public works. Therefore, no direction (writ) can be issued to the BCCI in this matter. Further, The relief sought by the petitioner is completely wrong and unfair. The adjudicating authority has now imposed a fine of ₹ 10,65,00,000/- on the petitioner. There is a demand to issue a writ directing BCCI to pay this amount to the Enforcement Directorate. No such writ can be issued.
What is the matter?
This case is related to the IPL held in South Africa in 2009, in which an amount of more than Rs 243 crore was sent out of India in violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). In 2018, ED had imposed a total fine of Rs 121.56 crore on several parties including BCCI and then president N Srinivasan in this case. In this, a fine of Rs 10.65 crore was imposed on Lalit Modi.
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