Mumbai, July 16: In a departure from its memorandum of the Cricket Board’s rules and regulations, the Board’s Disciplinary Committee today decided to allow suspended Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi to be represented by his legal counsel during the proceedings against him.
This was in the wake of Modi’s submission to the panel through his attorney Mehmood M Abdi that he wanted to be represented by his lawyer at the hearing as he was out of the country.
The exception was given to Modi as the committee members agreed with the views expressed by Modi’s second counsel Venkatesh Dhond that the charges against him were of a serious nature and complex legal issues were involved, particularly in relation to interpretation of the contract documents.
–Agencies