Justice Mudgal may move HC agnst removal of selectors by DDCA

Justice Mukul Mudgal, who was appointed observer to oversee the functioning of DDCA, is likely to move Delhi High Court this week against the cricketing body's decision to sack those selectors appointed by a panel set up by him.
Justice Mudgal told PTI he intended to bring to the high court's attention the steps taken by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA).
"To me it appears that my directions and decisions have been overruled. I intend to bring this to the court's attention. I had already asked the court to relieve me of this duty. I will again request the court to relieve me," he said.

He also said that DDCA's actions amounted to violation of court orders as he was appointed by the high court to oversee the functioning of the cricketing body.
DDCA's Sports Committee had yesterday decided to sack former India players Atul Wassan and Nikhil Chopra from the state's senior selection panel while removing Maninder Singh from the junior selection panel. Chopra and Wassan were appointed by a panel selected by Justice Mudgal.
The sports committee has included national selector Sarandeep Singh in the panel citing the general convention that national selectors are always made chairman of state selection committee as it has been the case with the likes of Madan Lal, Kirti Azad and Chetan Chauhan to name a few.

The committee has named former leg spinner Rakesh Shukla also in the panel. In place of Maninder, the committee has named former wicketkeeper-batsman Vinay Kumar in the panel.

Justice Mudgal had earlier told the high court that some directors of DDCA were wilfully trying to "scuttle" the ongoing domestic season and had sought urgent orders to the cricketing body to implement the directions he has issued since August 22.
In a report submitted before a bench of justices S
Ravindra Bhat and Deepa Sharma, Justice (Retd) Mudgal had said "there has been a deliberate and wilful attempt to scuttle the domestic cricket season 2016-2017".

Advocate Nitin Mishra, who was representing Mudgal, had urged the court to consider the report while delivering its verdict.
The court on September 27 had reserved its verdict in the matter which pertains to DDCA's 2010 plea for an occupancy certificate from South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to hold matches at the Ferozshah Kotla stadium.
The High Court had constituted Justice Mudgal committee in the backdrop of alleged irregularities in the functioning of DDCA.
Kejriwal's counsel said the minister has not suffered any
monetary damage, "which is why he called it by the expression 'unquantifiable damage'."
"The loss of my reputation has been partly quantified in terms of money in my claim. A person's reputation operates in the public space and so does the loss of reputation. In addition, it causes pain and mental distress to the person defamed, which it did in my case," Jaitley recorded.

The Supreme Court on November 22 last year had dismissed Kejriwal's plea of seeking a stay on trial court proceedings in the case.
On March 1, the Delhi High Court had dismissed another application of Kejriwal seeking bank account details of Jaitley and his family.
The Minister on December 6 last year appeared to record his evidence after the high court on July 12, 2016 had framed issues against Kejriwal and others, notwithstanding their claim that they had not made any defamatory statement against him in the DDCA case.
The issues were framed against them after Kejriwal's counsel had denied the allegations and submitted that whatever was said against the Minister was in public domain and he has not said anything on his own.

The court had framed issues against all the six AAP leaders and fixed the matter before Joint Registrar to decide whether any defamatory statements were made by them.
In a civil suit, when one party affirms and other party denies a material proposition of fact or law, then only the issues arise.
The Union minister has filed a criminal defamation complaint in a Delhi court on the same issue. The DDCA has also filed a criminal defamation suit against Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad.