Justice T Jayaram Chouta, who was appointed as one of the members of inquiry commission to investigate the IPl spot-fixing scandal, today said it was not possible for the committee to function unless all three members are there.
"The team is not there, only two members are there. Unless the commission is there, I don't think we can function now," said Justice Chouta.
He insisted that it was left to the BCCI to appoint some other person following Board secretary Sanjay Jagdale's decision to step down from his post and out of the probe panel.
"It is left to the BCCI to appoint some other person. last night, we came to know about the resignation of Mr. Sanjay Jagdale," he said.
Justice Chouta, Justice R Balasubramanian, former Judge of the Madras High Court, and Jagdale were in the three-member inquiry commission, which was appointed by the BCCI to go into the allegations against Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of N Srinivasan, who has been arrested on charges of betting in the recently-concluded Indian Premier league matches.
Jagdale, Shirke welcome Shukla's decision to quit from IPl
New Delhi: Sanjay Jagdale and Ajay Shirke on Saturday welcomed IPl chairman Rajeev Shukla's decision to step down from the post in view of the recent controversies surrounding the T20 league and said it's time the credibility of Indian cricket was restored.
The resignation of Shukla, who is also a Union Minister, comes as a severe setback to President N Srinivasan who has already been isolated by his team of officials, two of whom — secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay Shirke — have already quit.
"That is his decision. He is at the eye of storm. Perhaps he must have realised the gravity of the situation. It's never too late. But the real issue is how Indian cricket moves ahead and the credibility of BCCI is restored," Shirke said when asked to comment on Shukla's resignation.
Jagdale said, "Whether to resign or not, it's an individual decision and we have got to respect that. I just hope something good comes out of it for Indian cricket that will restore the confidence of the cricket lovers."
One of Srinivasan's demands before stepping down is that Jagdale and Shirke should not be in the new panel as they had ditched him, but former treasurer said he had no issues with that.
"I heard the conditions set by Srinivasan, including the one that I and Sanjay Jagdale should not be in the new panel. I have no issues with that. He is legitimate to feel like that. I have no grudge.
"But that is not the issue. The issue is restoring the credibility of Indian cricket and the Board is the important issue," Shirke said.
KCA wants Srinivasan to stay away till probe is over
Kochi: Kerala Cricket Association on Satruday said BCCI supremo N Srinivasan should not officiate as President till the spot fixing probe was over. "He should not officiate as President till the inquiry is over. Only then people will have confidence in the inquiry and this will restore the image of BCCI and IPl and also that of the players, KCA Secretary T C Mathew said.
Asked if he would be attending Sunday's meeting in Chennai, he replied in the negative. Only Andhra Pradesh can represent from the south, he said. "Only opportunity for us is to air our views if a special general body meeting is called", he said.
When pointed that KCA had taken quite some time to take such a decision, Mathew said "we never supported any move. We cannot respond to media speculation", he said.
Greed creeping into cricket: Mitra
Kolkata: Terming the IPl spot-fixing scandal as unfortunate, BCCI vice-president Chitrak Mitra on Saturday said that too much of greed has crept into cricket bringing disrepute to the game.
"What has happened in the IPl is very very unfortunate. It has become clear that greed is creeping into cricket," Mitra told reporters at his residence before leaving for the Board emergency meeting in Chennai on Sunday.
He, however, refused to comment on the growing clamour for the resignation of the beleaguered BCCI president N Srinivasan.
Mitra said secretary Sanjay Jagdale and treasurer Ajay Shirke's resignations from their respective posts have left the BCCI with no signatories. "I cannot comment on Jagdale and Shirke's resignations, that's their individual decision. But what I can say is after the duo's resignation yesterday night, the Board has no signatories. There's nobody to even sign a cheque," he said.
Reiterating that he was not under any kind of pressure to put in his papers, Mitra said he has adopted a wait and watch policy and would take a call only after tomorrow's meeting. "I'll not resign just yet. I'm following a wait and watch policy on what the others (the four vice-presidents -- Arun Jaitley (North), Sudhir Dabir (Central), Niranjan Shah (West) and South's Shivlal Yadav) — are doing. I'll decide after the meeting," he said.
Mitra further said he held a decorative post. "It does not matter if I resign or not. Vice-president is a decorative post, there's no real power. It makes no difference if I resign.” Agencies