BCCI moves Supreme Court in Dalmiya expulsion case

NEW DELHI: The BCCI on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging Calcutta High Court's directive to initiate criminal proceedings against its six top officials for filing false affidavits in the Jagmohan Dalmiya expulsion case.

The High Court had found former President Sharad Pawar and five others guilty of perjury in a case relating to misappropriation of funds by ex-BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya.

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday (November 12) had directed initiation of criminal proceedings against BCCI President Sashank Manohar, former Board President Sharad Pawar and four top officials for filing false affidavits in the Jagmohan Dalmiya expulsion case.

Justice Nadira Pathariya passed the order eight months after Dalmiya, a former BCCI president, moved a case of perjury against Pawar and Board officials and pressed for criminal proceedings against them for allegedly producing false documents in court.