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Dalmia seeks criminal proceedings against Pawar

Kolkata: The former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Jagmohan Dalmiya, who has filed a perjury case against BCCI president Sharad Pawar and other board officials in the Calcutta High Court, on Friday prayed for criminal proceedings against them for allegedly producing false documents in court.

Justice Nadira Patheriya, after hearing Mr. Dalmiya’s counsel, reserved judgment on the prayer for a later date.

Appearing for Dalmiya, counsel Satyabrata Mukherjee submitted that Mr. Dalmiya had been suspended from the BCCI on the basis of an amendment that had not been registered.

He submitted that the BCCI had allegedly told the court of Justice Indira Banerjee in 2007 that the amendment had been duly done and registered while the truth was to the contrary.

He alleged that the document produced before the court was signed by the present board CEO, Ratnakar Shetty.

The case of perjury (lying or producing false documents before a court of law) was filed by Mr. Dalmiya on July 20, 2007 on the day the High Court had declared that his suspension from the board was illegal.

Apart from the board and Mr. Pawar, the case was filed against Shetty, Niranjan Shah, Shashank Manohar and Chirayu Amin — all top functionaries of the present BCCI management.

Mr. Dalmiya alleged in his petition that the Board had placed forged documents before the court on ‘condonation of time’ application for the registration of an amendment to BCCI’s Clause V of Rule 38, which relates to punitive action against a member of the Board. — PTI

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