Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal on Thursday termed the decision by the Supreme Court in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing case as an 'important judgement in constitutional law', and predicted that the verdict will have far-reaching consequences.
"The Supreme Court has given a very important verdict which describes what the public functions of the BCCI are, and therefore, it is a very important judgement in the field of constitution law. It is going to govern all sports bodies as well. It is a judgement of great vision and far-reaching consequences," Justice Mudgal told ANI.
"Now, they have redefined the scope of what the public functions are in a more definite way and I think this is a great advancement. It is going to make probating in public life more amenable to scrutiny and the amendment in the BCCI has been struck down by the court," he added.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court found Raj Kundra and Gurunath Meiyappan guilty of betting in the spot-fixing case but cleared former BCCI president N Srinivasan for his alleged cover-ups in the case.
The apex court also stated that allegations against IPL COO Sundar Raman need to be probed further.