The Calcutta High Court Wednesday has directed initiation of criminal proceedings against Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sashank Manohar, former Board President Sharad Pawar and four others for allegedly giving false evidence in the Jagmohan Dalmiya expulsion case.
The court was responding to a petition filed by the former board president Jagmohan Dalmiya who was expelled on Dec 17, 2006 with allegation of misappropriation of funds with regard to the 1996 World Cup accounts.
Dalmiya had then moved to the court pleading for criminal prosecution against those office bearers for producing false documents in the court. In fact, he claimed that the new rules under which he was expelled were not valid, as those were not registered.
BCCI, however, had claimed that rules were registered with the Tamil Nadu registrar of societies. On July 20, 2007 the Calcutta High Court had declared the expulsion as illegal, and later Dalmiya filed a perjury case.
'I am happy... my stand is vindicated. Truth always prevails,' Dalmiya said while reacting to the court's order.
The officials of the board against whom the court has ordered perjury cases to be filed are: Agriculture Minister and former BCCI chief Sharad Pawar, present board chief Shashank Manohar, chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty, former secretary Niranjan Shah, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan, and Chirayu Amin.
The court itself has ordered for an inquiry in this case and directed the Registrar to initiate criminal proceedings under 195 of CrPC Prosecution for contempt of lawful authority of public servants, for offences against public justice and for offences relating to documents given in evidence.
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