"The three-member committee headed Justice Mukul Mudgal has correctly
appreciated the facts as emerging from the documents and the depositions
of witnesses recorded by it and rightly come to the conclusion that
Gurunath Meiyappan was a team official of CSK," a bench headed by
Justice TS Thakur said.
"That is so especially when India Cements Ltd who owns the team made a candid admission before us that Meiyappan was indeed a team official within the meaning of that expression under the rules. We, therefore, see no...reason, for us to disagree or reverse the finding recorded by the Probe Committee on that aspect," the bench, also comprising Jutice FMI Khalifulla, said.
The apex court also said that probe committee has, on the basis of the material available to it, held that Meiyappan was indulging in betting and the findings did not call for interference.
"We make it clear that given the nature of the proceedings entrusted to the Probe Committee and the standard of proof applicable to the same, we see no reason to disagree with the conclusion of the Probe Committee that Gurunath Meiyappan was indeed indulging in betting.
"The material assembled in course of the investigation by the Probe Committee provides a reasonably safe basis for holding that the accusations made against Meiyappan stood established on a preponderance of probabilities," the bench said.
"That is so especially when India Cements Ltd who owns the team made a candid admission before us that Meiyappan was indeed a team official within the meaning of that expression under the rules. We, therefore, see no...reason, for us to disagree or reverse the finding recorded by the Probe Committee on that aspect," the bench, also comprising Jutice FMI Khalifulla, said.
The apex court also said that probe committee has, on the basis of the material available to it, held that Meiyappan was indulging in betting and the findings did not call for interference.
"We make it clear that given the nature of the proceedings entrusted to the Probe Committee and the standard of proof applicable to the same, we see no reason to disagree with the conclusion of the Probe Committee that Gurunath Meiyappan was indeed indulging in betting.
"The material assembled in course of the investigation by the Probe Committee provides a reasonably safe basis for holding that the accusations made against Meiyappan stood established on a preponderance of probabilities," the bench said.
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