The cash-strapped Deccan Chargers on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the team's termination from the Indian Premier League (IPL) by the BCCI, says a report in Hindustan Times, adding that the Deccan Chargers have challenged the Bombay high court order refusing to set aside a status quo order passed by an arbitrator on cessation of its membership in the league.
The appeal against the high court order was mentioned by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi before a bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, which said it would hear the matter later in the day.
Meanwhile The DNA reports that the Bombay high court has upheld the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s termination of the Deccan Chargers IPL but the BCCI’s legal battle with the cash-strapped team may not be over as yet. “Indications are that the Hyderabad franchise is going to knock the doors of the Supreme Court. The appeal in the apex court may come as early as Friday,” says the report.
Sources with the BCCI, however, say they are prepared to face the legal battle. “We don’t expect them to give up without a fight. So they could go to the apex court,” said source in the BCCI.
“However, the woes for the Chargers may have just got worse. With the BCCI setting October 31 as deadline for the renewal of players’ contracts, the beleaguered team may face trouble holding on to the flock. One is not sure, how many in the Sangakkara-led squad would want to renew the contract with the Chargers, particularly when they have an avenue in the form of a new team. The BCCI has called for tenders to auction a new team which could be formed on October 25. The DC players will hope to represent the new franchise,” says the report.
According to a report in The Times Of India, Deccan Chargers suffered their second major setback in less than a week, this time failing to win the much-needed judicial protection against the termination notice by the BCCI.
“Justice RD Dhanuka of the Bombay high court rapped the cash-strapped IPL franchise by observing that the fresh arbitration petition filed by them for a stay on termination was nothing but an "abuse of the judicial process". The Hyderabad team had moved the court again on Wednesday even though its earlier petition had been rejected over a bank guarantee that could not be furnished by owners Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL),” says the TOI report.
The franchise claimed that there were "fresh developments and changed circumstances", including a new buyer in Mumbai-based Landmarc Developers for Rs 1250 crore, which could help undo its financial crisis.
The court did not grant DC any interim relief on their new plea either.