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By A. Subramani
CHENNAI, FEB.21. Zee Telefilms Limited (ZTL), which has moved the Madras High Court against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decision to cancel the tender process for telecast rights, did not come with "complete candour and honesty," senior counsel for the ESPN-Star told the Madras High Court today. Arguing for ESPN, senior counsel, Iqbal Chagla, submitted before Justice K.P. Sivasubramaniam that the ZTL had wilfully failed to furnish "all relevant materials" to the controversy before the court and hence its petition could be dismissed without any relief. "It has supplied false and misleading materials," he alleged. In support of his argument, Mr. Chagla denied the ZTL submission that neither the ESPN nor the BCCI had raised the issue of eligibility of the ZTL for participating in the tender prior to ESPN's writ petition before the Bombay High Court. He said on August 16, two days after the tender process, the ESPN had written to the BCCI protesting the participation of the ZTL in the process. The ZTL was put on notice about the fact on September 6, when the ESPN filed the writ petition before the Bombay High Court, he added. Though the ZTL was duty-bound to inform the Madras High Court that it was informed of the opposition for its participation, it had failed to bring the fact to the court's notice, he said. Similarly, the ZTL had not disclosed the entire details regarding its two pleas before the Supreme Court. All petitioners before any court of law are bound to tell the court whether similar pleas, with similar prayers, were pending or disposed of in any other court of law. Though the ZTL's special leave petition against the Bombay High Court's order permitting the ESPN to withdraw its writ petition was pending before the apex court, the ZTL had not told the Madras High Court about it. This, too, would amount to wilful suppression of relevant materials, he submitted.
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