A division bench, comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Yashwant Verma, passed the order after pointing out that the petitioner Rudrakant Mishra, an advocate, had not produced any "concrete documents in support of the PIL".
The petitioner had, besides the aforementioned prayers, requested for directions "to frame a completely transparent mechanism for selection of cricket players on the basis of merit" and quashing of an MoU signed in June this year whereby the state government had agreed to lease out Kanpur-based Green Park Stadium to UPCA.