Chennai: The Madras High Court has admitted a Public Interest Litigation that seeks a government takeover of the BCCI and the IPL administration. The PIL was filed by a lawyer at the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court.
He has alleged that the conduct of certain activities and receipt of income were totally commercial and there was no element of charity in the conduct of BCCI. The court has sent a notice to the central government, Chairman of the IPL Rajeev Shukla and BCCI President N Srinivasan. They have been asked to respond within two weeks.
The plea comes amidst the spot-fixing scandal that has hit the IPL, posing questions on the credibility of the tournament.
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02:30 PM, May 22, 2013
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Monday set aside a single Judge's recent order restraining oil marketing companies from charging higher price for diesel sold to state transport corporations in Tamil Nadu. Earlier, the High Court had restrained the Centre from charging higher diesel price from transport corporations in Tamil Nadu. The petition filed by the Petroleum Ministry had contended the single Judge ought not to have entertained the petition...
12:09 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday ordered issue of a notice to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on a petition seeking a direction to police to probe a complaint against him for allegedly making certain "malicious" remarks at a public meeting here over a decade ago. When the matter came up before Justice N Kirubakaran, the Public Prosecutor took notice on behalf of Chennai Police. "The petitioner...
04:15 AM, Apr 20, 2013
Chennai: The National Green Tribunal on Friday said a four-member committee would be set up to study the current status of the controversial copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin. The committee, comprising two members from the Tribunal and one each from Sterlite Industries and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), would submit its report on April 29 on the functioning of the plant, said the bench of Justice...
05:38 PM, Apr 12, 2013
The Centre on Monday filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking to set aside a single Judge's recent order restraining oil marketing companies from charging higher price for diesel sold to state transport corporations in Tamil Nadu. The petition filed by the Petroleum Ministry contended the single Judge ought not to have entertained the petition by the Chairman of state transport undertakings challenging the Centre's decision which had...
03:12 AM, Mar 26, 2013
Madras High Court has restrained any distributor of the film 'Kadal' from entering the office of 'Madras Talkies' and threatening staff to settle losses incurred by them and also from causing damage to the reputation to the film's director Mani Ratnam. ...
12:05 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday reached an agreement with Muslim groups protesting against his film 'Vishwaroopam' and announced that he had agreed to cut seven scenes from the film and mute certain other scenes that were deemed as offensive. The Muslim groups agreed to withdraw protests after the deal. ...
08:13 PM, Feb 02, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday met representatives of the Muslim groups that have been protesting against his latest film 'Vishwaroopam' in Chennai. The meeting is being mediated by Tamil Nadu Home Secretary and aims to reach a compromise over the film's release. ...
05:22 PM, Feb 02, 2013
"Vishwaroop", the Hindi version of Kamal Haasan's multi-lingual movie "Vishwaroopam", released in Uttar Pradesh Friday amid tight security. The film is being screened in five multiplexes and two single screen theatres in Lucknow. ...
04:25 PM, Feb 01, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan thanked those who "stood by" him and the "huge Muslim community support" he received during the controversy surrounding his latest film 'Vishwaroopam'. "In all these hurdles my Muslim brothers were behind me. These are the true Muslims. This is the real India," Haasan said while addressing the media on Thursday evening. ...
06:32 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Against the backdrop of controversy surrounding Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam', Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on January 31 said there was a need to "revisit" the Cinematograph Act to ensure decisions of the Censor Board are implemented. ...
12:48 PM, Jan 31, 2013
In a dramatic turn of events, actor-director Kamal Haasan said on Thursday he would not move the Supreme Court against a stay on his film 'Vishwaroopam' by the Madras High Court even as Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari indicated that the government may consider amending the Cinematograph Act 1952. ...
11:29 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Just a day after Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' got the green signal from the Madras High Court to screen the film, the decision was overturned on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu Advocate General A Navaneetha Krishnan said the interim order was against public interest and that the censor board itself was flouting norms when clearing films. ...
07:46 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Wednesday urged his fans to remain calm after the Madras High Court reimposed a ban on his film "Vishwaroopam". ...
12:20 AM, Jan 31, 2013
"Tamil Nadu wants me out. I don't know who's playing these games. I will find a secular state in India or may be go to another country. Bhai MF Hussain had to do it and so will I" - that was a very emotional Kamal Haasan addressing the media on Wednesday morning in the wake of the controversy surrounding the release of his film 'Vishwaroopam'. ...
10:09 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Urging his fans to maintain calm, actor and director Kamal Haasan on Wednesday evening said that he was upset and not angry over the row surrounding his latest film, 'Vishwaroopam'. Addressing the media, Haasan said that 'Vishwaroopam' was "just a movie, not worth a public agitation'. ...
07:48 PM, Jan 30, 2013
With Kamal Haasan's request to meet the most powerful person in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, being turned down, the iconic actor has turned to the people. Now that the Madras High Court, in a ruling that overturned a judge's order, has said 'Vishwaroopam' cannot open till February 6, left with no option, Haasan says he will leave Tamil Nadu. ...
07:06 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Kamal Haasan's latest film 'Vishwaroopam' ran into trouble after Muslim groups in Tamil Nadu alleged that its content hurt their sentiments. ...
06:20 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Actor and director Kamal Haasan will approach the Supreme Court over the ban on his movie 'Vishwaroopam' in Tamil Nadu. The Madras High Court had on Wednesday set aside the single judge's order on Tuesday lifting the ban on Vishwaroopam. The screening of the film has now been stayed in the state till February 6. The court order came as petrol bombs were hurled at two theatres that were to...
04:27 PM, Jan 30, 2013
In another setback for actor Kamal Haasan, the Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside the interim order given by a judge on Tuesday. The film will not be released in the state till February 6. ...
03:51 PM, Jan 30, 2013
