New Delhi: The Supreme Court-s rejection yesterday of a BCCI proposal to constitute a committee to punish those named in the Mudgal report indicated the apex court-s discomfort in steps taken by the world-s richest cricket board to stem the rot in India-s cricket management.


April 22, 2010: Chennai Super Kings- team official Gurunath Meiyappan has a word with Indian Premier League COO Sundar Raman during the 2010 IPL semi-final between Deccan Chargers and CSK at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The Mudgal probe has indicted Srinivasan-s son-in-law, Meiyappan, for betting, and has pulled up Raman for -contacting a bookie eight times in one season- and also for not acting upon information about Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals co-owner Raj Kundra betting. Pic/Getty Images 

"Is there a guarantee that all those in the committee would be free from corruption?" asked the judges. Particularly worrisome for the court was the issue of conflict of interest in India-s cricket administration where the Chennai-based India Cements, owned by ICC chairman and BCCI president in exile, N Srinivasan, also owned the Chennai Super Kings franchise.