BCCI ethics officer Vineet Saran has rejected Saurashtra cricket chief Jaydev Shah’s software to recuperate “wasteful legal costs” of Rs 9 lakh from complainant Sanjeev Gupta in a battle of curiosity case.
Shah wrote to the ethics officer on June 8, 2021 that Gupta ought to pay authorized prices after his battle of curiosity grievance towards the SCA president was dismissed by the ethics officer on June 5, 2021.
However, in an order issued on Sunday, Saran didn’t discover ample floor in Shah’s software to recuperate his authorized prices from Gupta.
“In the information and circumstances of the current case, I don’t discover any ample floor for awarding prices in a matter which was already determined by the then Ethics Officer (DK Jain) and the place prices have already been prayed for. however was not honoured,” stated Saran.
“No justification has been provided for awarding costs at this stage.” Saran additionally rejected Gupta’s request to reimburse Shah for authorized prices for submitting the appliance.
“Mr. Sanjeev Gupta has also prayed for imposition of cost on the applicant (Shah) for filing the present application, which prayer is also not tenable and is accordingly dismissed. Thus the matter comes to a close,” he stated. .
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
