Kerala High Court Reimposes Life Ban On S Sreesanth

Oct 17, 2017 at 9:07 PM

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Kerala High Court Reimposes Life Ban On S Sreesanth

In a body blow to tainted fast-bowler S Sreesanth’s hopes of making a much-awaited return to cricket field, the division bench of the Kerala High Court, on Tuesday (October 17),  reimposed the life ban on him. The court gave its verdict in response to Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) petition against the a single bench of Kerala High Court’s earlier decision which order the cricket board to revoke the ban.

Sreesanth faced the spot-fixing allegations while playing for Rajasthan Royals (Credits: BCCI)

Earlier this year in February, the World Cup-winning pacer had filed a writ petition in the Kerala High Court challenging the life fan after the BCCI refused to issue a no-objection certificate for him to play league cricket in Scotland.

In August, the Kerala High Court had ordered the BCCI to lift the life ban (Credits: PTI)

Sreesanth, who along with Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan was banned for life by the BCCI’s disciplinary committee in September 2013, was cleared of all charges by a Delhi trial court in 2015 due to insufficient evidence. However, the Indian cricket board did not lift the ban since the decision was independent to any criminal proceeding and was based on its independent disciplinary action.

The right-arm pacer was a part of the 2007 World T20 and 2011 World Cup teams (Credits: AFP)

However, in August, Justice A Muhamed Mustaque of the Kerala High Court gave his verdict in favour of the bowler, telling the BCCI it had no incriminating evidence against the player and hence the ban should be “quashed”.

But the BCCI was also not willing to accept the court’s verdict and challenged it  which has now ended in their favour.

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