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Life ban on cricketer S Sreesanth: Supreme Court to hear plea on February 5

The BCCI, however, had refused to alter its disciplinary decision even after the verdict.

Life ban on cricketer S Sreesanth: Supreme Court to hear plea on February 5

Former India pacer Sreesanth (Photo: IANS)

Indian pacer S Sreesanth was banned for lifetime from playing cricket by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the wake of the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal.

Recently, the 34-year-old cricketer had filed an appeal against a Kerala High Court verdict that restored the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed that the case be listed for hearing before an appropriate bench according to the roster after the matter was mentioned before it.

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“List on February 5, 2018 before an appropriate bench, as per roster, subject to removal of defects, if any,” the bench, also comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said.

Earlier, the BCCI had filed a petition against a single-judge bench’s order, lifting the life ban imposed on the S Sreesanth. Responding to the petition, a division bench of the high court had restored the ban on former Indian pacer.

The bench had said there was no violation of natural justice against the cricketer and quashed the single bench order in Sreesanth’s favour.

In its appeal, the BCCI had said the decision to ban the cricketer was taken based on the evidence against him.

The single-judge bench had on August 7 last year lifted the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI and also set aside all proceedings against Sreesanth initiated by the board.

All the 36 accused in the spot-fixing case, including Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, were let off by a Patiala House court in July, 2015.

The BCCI, however, had refused to alter its disciplinary decision even after the verdict.

-With PTI inputs

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