{"id":51497,"date":"2018-02-05T16:27:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T10:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=51497"},"modified":"2018-02-05T16:27:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T10:57:49","slug":"bcci-response-sreesanths-plea-sc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bcci-response-sreesanths-plea-sc","title":{"rendered":"BCCI response on Sreesanth&#8217;s plea : SC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/sreesanth.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"232\" height=\"163\" data-attachment-id=\"51498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bcci-response-sreesanths-plea-sc\/sreesanth\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/sreesanth.jpg?fit=232%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"232,163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sreesanth\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/sreesanth.jpg?fit=232%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-51498\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/sreesanth.jpg?resize=232%2C163&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/sreesanth.jpg?w=232&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/02\/sreesanth.jpg?resize=142%2C100&amp;ssl=1 142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from BCCI on controversial cricketer S Sreesanth&#8217;s plea challenging the life ban imposed on him by the apex cricket body.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India and two office bearers of its Committee of Administrators (CoA) to file their responses within four weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The court, however, refused to grant any interim relief sought by senior advocate Salman Khurshid, representing the cricketer, that he may be allowed to play.<\/p>\n<p>Sreesanth, who had been absolved in the IPL spot-fixing case, was successful when he filed a plea before the single judge bench of the Kerala High Court challenging the life ban imposed on him by BCCI.<\/p>\n<p>However, the division bench of the high court had set aside the single judge bench and upheld the ban.<\/p>\n<p>The cricketer has now challenged the high court verdict in the apex court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from BCCI on controversial cricketer S Sreesanth&#8217;s plea challenging the life ban imposed on him by the apex cricket body. 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