New Delhi: The government has brainstormed on the new anti-fixing law and some strict measures now seem to be in the pipeline. Sources say that fixing will be made non-bailable and will invite a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh.
Sources are indicating that the new law will be modeled on the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), a strict law, under which the burden of proof rests with the accused. The law will also have some elements of the Money Laundering Act provisions. Under the Money Laundering Act, anyone found guilty can be given rigorous punishment from three to seven years.
Earlier on Friday, the BCCI Disciplinary Committee chief Arun Jaitley met Indian Premier League chief Rajeev Shukla on Friday to discuss the spot-fixing and illegal betting scandal in the IPL. Both the leaders met Law Minister Kapil Sibal demanding that a strong anti-fixing legislation be "enacted as soon as possible".
"We have requested Kapil Sibal to ensure that the strongest possible punishment is made in the new law to bring an end to fixing in all games," Shukla said after the meeting. "We will soon meet the Sports Minister (Jitendra Singh) because he also wants a strong law. We will request him that a law should be made," he added....
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03:28 PM, May 24, 2013
IPL commissioner Rajeev Shukla said that all guilty will be punished whether they are administrators or players. ...
11:30 PM, May 22, 2013
Do full stadiums indicate the spot fixing scandal hasn't impacted the IPL's popularity? CNN-IBN's sports editor Gaurav Kalra joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Do you think BCCI will allow the truth of spot fixing come out..I suspect it will do cover up it had done for Azher..truth will never come out. Asked by: Guru A. The investigations are being handled by the police...and the anger/rage...
06:43 PM, May 22, 2013
Law Minister Kapil Sibal has signalled that the government is looking at bringing about a national legislation to curb match-fixing in all sports. ...
03:11 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Law Minister Kapil Sibal will meet law officers on Tuesday to discuss enacting a new law to check match-fixing in sports. Sibal has called for fixing to be made a criminal offence. "We will work with the Sports Ministry to introduce a law that makes match-fixing a criminal offence. We decided to put up a case for opinion by the A-G and if he clears that, anti-match fixing...
01:55 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: In the wake of the spot-fixing scandal in IPL, Law Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday proposed a law to tackle fixing and other illegal activities in sports in India. Sibal spoke to Sports Minister Jitendra Singh and proposed to plug the loopholes that help the accused to escape punishment. Sibal, who recently took charge of the Law Ministry, made the proposal to ensure strict punishment for the guilty....
06:24 PM, May 19, 2013
Muzaffarnagar: Days after three Rajasthan Royal cricketers were arrested in the spot-fixing scandal, police on Sunday claimed to have busted two betting rackets relating to IPL matches in separate raids with the arrest of six persons here and recovered around Rs two lakh in cash. Acting on a tip-off, the crime branch of the district police raided a houses in Gandhi Colony in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and arrested three...
05:06 PM, May 19, 2013
New Delhi: Riding high after the arrest of three cricketer, including India fast bowler S Sreesanth, in spot-fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL), Delhi Police are still struggling to file a chargesheet 13 years after having exposed the murky world of match-fixing in 2000. The cricketing world was shocked in 2000, when Delhi Police named the then South African captain Hansie Cronje, who died later, his team mates Herschelle Gibbs...
09:30 PM, May 17, 2013
Kings XI Punjab owner Preity Zinta, while commenting on the IPL spot-fixing scandal, suggested random polygraph test for cricket players to keep a check on match-fixing. "As owners, we are very vulnerable. We are victims. You spend so much money and then you hear about something like this. It's terrible. If it is true, it's disgusting," she added. ...
06:46 PM, May 16, 2013
Madrid: The Spanish football league (LFP) will investigate Deportivo La Coruna's 4-0 La Liga victory at Levante on April 13, a Spanish radio station reported on Thursday. Depor, who are in administration and fighting to avoid relegation, hammered mid-table Levante scoring three times in the first half just over two weeks ago. At half-time in the game, Levante midfielder Javier Barkero was reported by local media to have accused some...
09:28 AM, May 03, 2013
Disgraced pace bowler Mervyn Westfield on Monday said that he had been forced to attend the appeal hearing of Pakistani spinner Danish Kaneria or face arrest. The case in London began on Monday and is due to last until Thursday, with Kaneria hoping to overturn a life ban imposed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last year for inducing Westfield to under-perform in a 2009 county match. The...
12:26 AM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: Television show host Rose Venkatesan is turning into a film actor and director with forthcoming film 'Cricket Scandal'. The film is based on the world of cricket and all the controversies surrounding it. It shows a cricket captain who gets involved in match fixing. Take a look at the trailer. ...
12:21 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Kaneria's lawyer said his client was distraught by the delay in appeal against a life ban imposed for spot-fixing last year. ...
06:57 PM, Mar 07, 2013
VHP's women wing forces Delhi Art Gallery to shut temporarily. Kashmir no place for music, says J&K girl band member. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 05, 2013
The former England wicketkeeper tweeted his views during the latter half of Pakistan's collapse in the Delhi ODI. ...
08:14 PM, Jan 06, 2013
The author of 'Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld' shares his thoughts. ...
07:08 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Sussex have confirmed their players were approached to fix a Clydesdale Bank 40 match in 2011. ...
11:51 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Rome: Serie A title-contender Napoli and team captain Paolo Cannavaro were ordered by the Italian football federation on Friday to face match-fixing allegations. Current and former Napoli players Gianluca Grava and Matteo Gianello and former Napoli assistant Silvio Giusti were also called in for questioning over the May 16, 2010, Sampdoria-Napoli match. Sampdoria won the match 1-0 with a goal from current AC Milan player Giampaolo Pazzini in the 51st...
09:43 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Zurich: FIFA has banned three Guatemalan national team players for life for match fixing. World football's governing body claimed midfielder Guillermo Ramirez Ortega and defenders Yony Wilson Flores Monroy and Gustavo Adolfo Cabrera Marroquin helped fix the results of three matches. The players "have all been banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity, for life," FIFA said in a statement on Wednesday. Two of the matches were...
01:08 PM, Oct 25, 2012
"Everybody is susceptible - curators, groundsmen - our corruption unit is very aware of what it needs to do." ...
11:24 PM, Oct 17, 2012
