The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the appeal filed by Maharashtra Cricket Association challenging the Bombay High Court order (April 13) directing the BCCI to shift all IPL matches which are to b
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday the appeal filed by Maharashtra Cricket Association challenging the Bombay High Court order (April 13) directing the BCCI to shift all IPL matches which are to be held in Mumbai and Pune from May 1 onwards citing drought conditions in the state.
A bench of justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh listed the matter for hearing on Monday after senior counsel Kapil Sibal appearing for the MCA sought urgent hearing of the matter. The high court by the impugned order on a PIL had questioned the BCCI for conducting the IPL matches as it involved use of large quantities of water at a time when several parts of the state was reeling under unprecedented drought conditions.
The high court had passed the order even as the BCCI and its various state associations offered to pay about Rs 5 cr to each of the affected district in the state.
