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Allahabad High Court refuses CBI probe into BCCI’s ‘financial links’ with UP cricket body
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The Indian Express
The Allahabad High Court has refused to direct a CBI probe into allegations relating to Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) affiliation and financial aid to the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA), holding that it would not interfere with a dispute arising from events more than two decades old.
It contended that the Uttar Pradesh government’s consent was mandatory before dissolution as it had contributed to the society.
They also relied on earlier proceedings before the Allahabad and Delhi High Court, where UPCA’s incorporation had not been disturbed.
No to reopen 21-year-old disputeAgreeing with the respondents, the high court found no legal basis to reopen the controversy after more than two decades.
It also observed that earlier proceedings before the Allahabad High Court and the Delhi High Court had proceeded on the basis that the erstwhile society had already been incorporated as a company.