SC wants new 3-man probe into IPL fixing

The Supreme Court on Monday proposed a three-member panel headed by a former high court chief justice to conduct an independent inquiry into the IPL spot-fixing scam. Rejecting the BCCI’s suggestion for a probe by a special committee into the scandal, the court said it wanted an “independent” panel that will not only investigate the scam but also give “recommendations” to the Indian cricket board. The committee will be headed by former Punjab and Haryana high court chief justice Mukul Mudgal, with its other two proposed members being additional solicitor-general N. Nagehswar Rao and senior advocate Nilay Dutta, who is also vice-president of the Assam Cricket Association. It may be recalled that earlier a probe panel comprising two former judges of the Madras high court had been formed by the BCCI and IPL governing council, which gave a clean chit to BCCI president N. Srinivasan, his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Mr Srinivasan’s company India Cements, which is the owner of IPL team Chennai Super Kings.