BCCI dismisses Modi`s demand for recusal of Amin, Jaitley

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) In a major setback to suspended
Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi, the
Indian Cricket Board Wednesday rejected his demand for the
recusal of Chirayu Amin and Arun Jaitley from the disciplinary
panel investigating the charges of financial irregularities
against him.
Setting August 18 as the next date for the disciplinary
hearing, the Board refused to oblige Modi without specifying
the reasons for the decision.
"The request of Mr Lalit Modi for recusal of certain
members of the Disciplinary Committee is rejected," the Board
of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in a statement.
"The next hearing of the Disciplinary Committee is fixed
for Wednesday August 18 at 7:30 pm at Hotel Taj Palace, New
Delhi," it added.
Apart from Amin (the interim IPL chief) and Jaitley (BCCI
vice-President), the three-member panel also comprises
Congress MP and Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association chief
Jyotiraditya Scindia.
The panel has met thrice so far and Modi has been absent
on all the occasions, leaving it to his legal team to present
his case against allegations of financial irregularities.
The last hearing of the panel took place on August 1
after which the committee reserved its order on the
contentious recusal issue.
Modi's lawyer Mehmood Abdi had then stated that the
arguments on their demand of recusal of panel members Jaitley
and Amin were complete.
Modi has been insisting that Jaitley and Amin recuse
themselves from the panel as they are also part of the BCCI,
which has made the allegations against him. PTI