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
Kolkata: Director Shoojit Sircar, whose film 'Vicky Donor' has bagged three national awards, says he was happy and surprised to see the film, which deals with the subject of sperm donation, well received by the audiences. "I did not know how a topic like sperm donation would be received well by the audience, but all my doubts cleared once I came to know that the sensitive infertility issue that the...
07:40 PM, Apr 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
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday urged the Centre and Supreme Court to reconsider their stand against authorising Tamil as official language in Madras High Court and said administration of justice needs to be taken closer to the people. A recent communication from the Centre had indicated that the long standing request of the state was considered by Supreme Court, but after due deliberations, it reiterated its earlier...
05:07 PM, Apr 07, 2013
Chennai: Madras High Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the election of AIADMK candidate from the Kallakurichi (Reserved) constituency in Villupuram district in the 2011 Assembly elections. Justice K Venkataraman dismissed the petition filed by S Chinnadurai, an electorate of the constituency praying for setting aside the election of S Chinnadurai on the grounds that she did not belong to Scheduled Caste community. Justice Venkataraman in his order observed...
12:25 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Mumbai: John Abraham is set to make at least eight films in collaboration with director Shoojit Sircar and says they have a blind faith in each other. Sircar directed 'Vicky Donor', the first film that came out from John's production company, and after that he also did 'Hamara Bajaj' and 'Madras Cafe'. "After that ('Hamara Bajaj' and 'Madras Cafe'), Shoojit and I are making a lot of films together. We...
05:54 PM, Apr 04, 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
Bollywood actress Nargis Fakhri, who will be seen playing the role of a journalist in Shoojit Sircar's upcoming film 'Madras Cafe', says she had a tough time essaying the character on screen. ...
05:05 PM, Mar 09, 2013
What is John Abraham's motto as an actor? Fun and commercial viability, perhaps in that order. He says that enjoyment is key when it comes to choosing a film. ...
10:49 AM, Mar 09, 2013
Actor John Abraham says various film projects are keeping him so busy that he has no time to get married. ...
01:41 PM, Mar 06, 2013
Actor John Abraham, who is currently shooting for his next home production, political thriller "Madras Cafe", says his team proudly called it the 'Argo' of India. ...
07:04 PM, Mar 01, 2013
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01:21 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Actor John Abraham, who turned producer with critically acclaimed 'Vicky Donor', says the industry people have started taking him seriously post the success of the film. The film, starring new-comers Ayushmann Khurrana and Yami Gautam, was a surprise hit at the box office in 2012. ...
11:32 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Madras Talkies put out a press release in response to the demands of 'Kadal's distributors. ...
11:49 AM, Feb 11, 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
