HC notice to BCCI on Jadeja's plea

The Delhi high court on Friday issued notice to the Board of Control for Cricket in India on an application by cricketer Ajay Jadeja, seeking referring of his case to arbitration or to a retired judge of the court to decide expeditiously the ban imposed on him by the BCCI.

Seeking reply from the BCCI, Justice Mukul Mudgal fixed December 19 as the next date of hearing on the matter.

Jadeja, who has challenged the ban imposed on him from playing cricket for his alleged invovement in match-fixing submitted that by referring the matter to arbitration or to a retired high court judge, the controversy would be decided expeditiously within a time frame and would be in the interest of the parties and justice.

Jadeja's counsel Vineet Malhotra said the five-year ban imposed on the cricketer was affecting his career due to the slow progress of the case and even after a year only a preliminary issue of maintainability of the writ petition has been decided.

The counsel said the cricketer has no objection to the entire matter being decided by a sole arbitrator mutually agreeable to BCCI and Jadeja or in alternative by a retired judge of the court.

Mail Cricket Editor