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Add Pawar as Respondent in IPL Tax Exemption Case: HC
May 5, 2010 Visionmp.com news service
The Bombay High Court has asked the Centre to explain whether there is a code of conduct for ministers who hold posts in sports associations and has asked for Union Minister Sharad Pawar to be added as respondent in IPL tax exemption case, said media reports.
Hearing a PIL moved by a member of the Shiv Sena, the court also ruled that Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar should be made a respondent, along with suspended IPL Chairman Lalit Modi and current IPL Chief Chiryau Amin, to the case, reports said.
The PIL challenges the Maharashtra government’s decision to waive any Entertainment Tax for the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament which just finished.
It may be mentioned that the exemption has cost the government several crores, and many have alleged that the decision was heavily influenced by Pawar, whose Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) forms the Maharashtra government along with its ally and senior partner, the Congress.
Besides, Pawar is a major practitioner of power in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) whose sub-committee, the IPL governing council, organizes the cricket tournament, now worth four billion dollars.
The court has asked for Pawar to be added as a respondent so that he can answer the allegations against him, reports said.
The next hear in the case will take place on June 22.
(Based on internet reports)
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