Azharuddin's case posted to April 16
Syed Amin Jafri
The second Additional Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad, posted the original suit and interim application filed by former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin against the Board of Control for Cricket in India, its chairman A C Muthiah and vigilance commissioner K Madhavan to April 16 for further hearing.
When the matter came up in the court on Tuesday, Judge J
Shyamsunder Rao posted the cases for hearing to April 16 after the
respondents filed their counter-affidavits with regard to the application
filed by Azharuddin, seeking production of documents pertaining to the
appointment of former CBI joint director Madhavan as BCCI
Vigilance Commissioner.
In their counters, the defendants once again justified the imposition of
the life ban on the former India skipper for his alleged involvement in the match-fixing
scandal.
Now that all the affidavits/counter-affidavits from both the sides have
been filed, the arguments in the original suit and interim application are
likely to commence from the next hearing.
The main suit was filed by Azharuddin, challenging the life ban imposed
on him by the BCCI for his alleged role in match-fixing, in January this
year. He made several charges against the BCCI, Muthiah and
Madhavan and contended that the BCCI probe into match-fixing was
not conducted in a transparent way. He had also contended that the
appointment of Madhavan as BCCI commissioner was illegal and
arbitrary and that the inquiry itself was not fair and independent and it
was biased and in favour of the BCCI.