Today, the Supreme Court refuse to hear a plea seeking to stop the BCCI from referring to the national cricket team as the Indian cricket team.
A division bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi criticised the petitioner for filing the plea and said the Delhi High Court should have imposed costs when it dismissed a similar petition earlier.
"You just start sitting at home and draft petitions. What is the problem in all of this ? There is a notification for National sports tribunal also with outstanding members. Don't burden the Court," CJI Kant remarked.
The Court termed the plea frivolous and remarked that the High Court should have imposed heavy costs to discourage such unnecessary cases.
The bench observed that the absence of exemplary costs had emboldened the petitioner to move the Supreme Court. While it considered imposing a ₹10 lakh cost, the court dropped the idea after repeated requests from the counsel. During the hearing, Justice Bagchi also noted that the BCCI has strong public support.
"Issue would have been if union came here but there is exemplary support for them. The pervasive control is statutorily recognised now. The issue is sometimes tail is wagging the dogs since there is money involved," the judge said.
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