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Board president Jagmohan Dalmiya, speaking to the media after the
meeting where all 26 members of the committee were in attendance,
said the matter would be taken up for further discussion tomorrow.
A Zee News report has quoted the Indian board supremo as saying
a final decision on the issue would be made during tomorrow's meeting.
BOMBAY HIGH COURT DISMISSES PIL
A two-judge bench of the Bombay High Court today dismissed a
public interest litigation alleging irregularities in the issue
of India rights tenders, the Press Trust of India has reported.
The court, on 14 August, had expressed its desire to hear affected
parties and TV channels such as Sony, Zee, Sahara and Doordarshan,
besides BCCI.
The PIL, filed by advocate Swapnil Pednekar on 11 August, had impleaded
the Union ministry of sports, Union ministry of information &
broadcasting, ESPN Star Sports, Ten Sports, Sony Entertainment TV
India, Zee Telefilms, World Sport Nimbus and IMG/TWI, amongst others,
in the case.
The plea had also listed a number of complaints against the functioning
of the BCCI.
RELIANCE OFFICIAL IT PARTNER
The BCCI on Monday also announced a multi-million rupee alliance
with Reliance Industries to set up a hi-tech communication facility
"for the Board for overall betterment of sports in the country,"
PTI reported.
The report quotes Dalmiya as saying Reliance would be given the
status of official IT partner of the board.
As per the terms of the agreement, Reliance would carry out a Rs
50 million to Rs 70 million project to "set up state-of-the-art
communication facilities and technical support systems like video
conferencing, for technical matters pertaining to age determination
of players, injury problems, ground and wicket preparations, among
others," the report says.
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