In his order, the ombudsman has made it clear that while he had already called for election for the post of president back in February, things had to be put on hold due to the lockdown
Eight Board of Directors of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) have signed a joint resolution for withdrawal of all powers vested with president Rajat Sharma, a move that could have far-reaching implications. The DDCA's decision making body is Board of Directors (BoD) and with eight out of the 16 signing the resolution (in possession of PTI), the renowned journalist may have problems in functioning smoothly. The ones who have signed the resolution during a meeting held last Sunday are Vinod Tihara, Rajan Manchanda, Sanjay Bhardwaj, Alok Mittal, Apurv Gupta, SN Sharma, Sudhir Agarwal and Nitin Gupta. Tihara, who was made the secretary, and former cricketer Bhardwaj had protested at the start of Sharma's tenure saying they didn't like his ways of functioning. Tihara, in fact, was suspended and he took legal recourse to get a favourable verdict. However government nominee and most notable member in the BoD Gautam Gambhir didn't sign the resolution along with eight ...
The DDCA had sought damages from Kejriwal and Azad for making defamatory allegations against the body regarding financial irregularities and corruption in selections at the junior level
Azad claimed he was merely sitting beside other members, didn't make imputations against DDCA
The DDCA had filed a civil defamation suits against the two leaders for their alleged remarks against the cricket body's functioning and financing
The court had earlier posted the complaint for today for consideration and arguments. Chauhan was also present in court along with his advocate for the proceedings