{"id":59071,"date":"2020-03-12T14:41:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T09:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59071"},"modified":"2020-03-12T14:41:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T09:11:31","slug":"supreme-court-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-plea-to-postpone-ipl-2020-amid-coronavirus-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-plea-to-postpone-ipl-2020-amid-coronavirus-scare","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing on plea to postpone IPL-2020 amid coronavirus scare."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ipl-2020.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-urgent-hearing-on-plea-to-postpone-ipl-2020-amid-coronavirus-scare\/ipl-2020\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ipl-2020.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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=\"ipl 2020\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ipl-2020.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59072\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ipl-2020.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ipl-2020.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/ipl-2020.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea seeking postponement of Indian Premier League (IPL)-2020 amid the coronavirus scare.<\/p>\n<p>A vacation bench of justices U U Lalit and Aniruddha Bose told the petitioner that he could mention the matter for urgent listing before the regular bench on March 16 when the apex court will re-open after the Holi break.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not a matter which cannot await till re-opening of the court. 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