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Mukul Mudgal
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L. Nageswara Rao
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and senior advocate and former
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Nilay Dutta to conduct an independent inquiry into the allegations of corruption against BCCI chief N. Srinivasan's son-in-law
Gurunath Meiyappan
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,
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, and
Rajasthan Royals
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team owner Jaipur IPS Cricket Private Ltd, as well as with the larger mandate of investigating allegations having to do with betting and spot-fixing in 2013 Indian Premier League matches and the involvement of players.
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In a report submitted to the Supreme Court on 9 February, 2014, the committee presented the following conclusions.
Gurunath Meiyappan
* Gurunath Meiyappan's role as a team official of the Chennai Super Kings was confirmed and the allegations of betting against him stood proved. However, the allegations of matching fixing required further investigation.
** Meiyappan had indulged in betting through Vindoo Dara Singh, who was in turn in direct communication with bookies and punters like Vikram Aggarwal; that he had placed bets both in favour of and against the Chennai Super Kings; and that he had bet on IPL matches not involving the Chennai Super Kings.
** The Committee found that Meiyappan had "violated Section 2.2.1 and 2.14 of the IPL Operational Rules for bringing the game in disrepute, Articles 2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 of the IPL Anti Corruption Code for his acts of betting and Articles 2.4.4 of the IPL Code of Conduct for Players and Team Offices for bringing disrepute to the game of cricket."
** The franchisee owner of the Chennai Super Kings had failed to that Meiyappan as a Team Official "had complied with the BCCI Anti-Corruption Code, IPL Operational Rules, IPL Regulations and found it in violation of Section 4.4.1 of the IPL Operational Rules and Clause 11.3 of the franchises agreement."
Raj Kundra
* The committee reported that the allegations of betting and spot fixing against
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, as the owner of the Jaipur Cricket Private Limited, the owners of the
Rajasthan Royals
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needed to be further investigated.
Allegations of Spot Fixing and Match Fixing against players
The committee noted that the allegations of spot fixing and matching fixing by S. Sreesanth,
Ankeet Chavan
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were facing criminal trials and that adequate punishment had been imposed on them by the BCCI.
L. Nageswara Rao
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and Nilay Dutta, (A REPORT ON THE ALLEGATIONS OF BETTING AND SPOT/MATCH FIXING IN THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE- SEASON 6, Volume 1, available at https://www.thehinducentre.com/migration_catalog/article22969079.ece/binary/Justice%20Mudgal%20IPL%20Report), ''
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