"I made an attempt to move the High Court asking the BCCI (the Board of Control for Cricket in India) to shift IPL matches out of Karnataka as it is facing water problems and severe drought conditions," advocate Diwakar, the petitioner, told PTI here.
The court, however, asked him to file the petition afresh as he did not make IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla a party before the petition could be taken up for hearing, he said. "The court directed me to file the petition afresh on Monday (April 11) as Rajeev Shukla was not made the party to the case," he said.
The PIL had challenged the use of nearly 60 lakh litres of water to maintain pitches at the three stadiums in Maharashtra that are set to hold IPL matches.