Kolkata: A city court on Thursday directed the BCCI to adjourn its August 15 Disciplinary Committee meeting in Chennai in connection with the PILCOM accounts issue till the matter is heard again on August 22.
Chief Judge P K Sarkar issued the directive after the former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya moved the court challenging the BCCI's summons to him for appearing before its Disciplinary Committee on August 15 in connection with the PILCOM accounts issue.
Dalmiya challenged the BCCI's notice to appear before the committee claiming that the Board's previous summons to appear on July 26 were challenged by him before the court and during pendancy of the petition the BCCI cannot issue fresh summons.
The BCCI had earlier asked Dalmiya to appear before its Disciplinary Committee on July 26, but as Dalmiya had moved court challenging the summons, it deferred the notice.
Sarkar had on July 26 refused to stay the summons issued to Dalmiya by the BCCI Disciplinary Committee to appear before it following his alleged failure to reply to a showcause notice.
The Board had then asked Dalmiya to appear before the Committee at Chennai on August 15.
In the suit of July 26, Dalmiya prayed for an order to the BCCI management not to give effect to his suspension on April 19 from attending BCCI meetings as CAB president and the notice dated July 17, vide which he was asked to appear before the Disciplinary Committee.
The Committee is headed by BCCI President Sharad Pawar and it includes Shashank Manohar and Chirayu Amin.
The BCCI had issued showcause notice to Dalmiya, asking him to furnish details of transfer of Rs 40 crore from an Indian Overseas Bank account in Bhawanipur to Cricket Association of Bengal, of which he was the president, between 1996 to 2005.
After Dalmiya failed to reply to the notice, the BCCI debited the amount to CAB and decided to withhold all subsidies to it.
The Board had alleged misappropriation of 1996 World Cup funds by Dalmiya and filed an FIR at a Mumbai police station a few months ago.
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