# Board of Control For Cricket in India vs. Pankaj Srivastava & Ors.

> SC judgment dated 2025-05-29. Citation: TCN-2025-SC-00011. Civil Appeal Nos. 6959-6960/2025 was listed before the Supreme Court of India. The primary matter…

- **Court:** SC
- **Order date:** 29 May 2025
- **Citation:** TCN-2025-SC-00011
- **Category:** IBC
- **Source page:** https://caseease.in/cases/ibc/supreme-court-of-india/board-of-control-for-cricket-in-india-vs-pankaj-srivastava-ors-7b108bfe

## Summary

### Background

Civil Appeal Nos. 6959-6960/2025 was listed before the Supreme Court of India. The primary matter listed was C.A. No. 6613/2025, concerning the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the appellant and Pankaj Srivastava & Ors. as the respondents. Several Interlocutory Applications (IAs) were filed related to the main appeal, including applications for filing additional documents, placing additional facts and grounds, stay applications, and exemption from filing official translations. The court convened on May 29, 2025, to hear these matters.

## Facts

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) filed Civil Appeal Nos. 6959-6960/2025 against Pankaj Srivastava & Ors. C.A. No. 6613/2025 was the primary matter listed for admission. Several IAs were filed, including IA No. 129597/2025 for stay application, applications for filing additional documents/facts/annexures (IA 122226/2025, IA 122227/2025), and applications for exemption from filing O.T. (IA 122230/2025). The court convened on May 29, 2025. Mr. Prateek Kumar, counsel for respondent no. 4, accepted and waived formal notice. The court issued notice to other respondents, returnable on July 21, 2025, which is also the date set for considering the prayer for interim relief. The relevance of these facts lies in the procedural steps taken by the court to move

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## Issues and analysis

### Issue 1: Whether the court should issue notice to the …

**Ratio:** The principle of natural justice requires that all parties to a legal proceeding be given

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**Reasoning:** The court reasoned that issuing notice to the respondents is a necessary procedural step

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**Interpretation:** The issuance of notice is interpreted as a fundamental requirement to ensure

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**Application:** The court applied this principle by issuing notice to the respondents, with a

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## Parties

- **Judges:** VIKRAM…; Sanjay…
- **Appellants:** BOARD OF CONTROL…
- **Respondents:** Pankaj Sriv…
- **Other parties:** Over Tu…

## Timeline

- **2025-05-29 — Court He…**: The matters were called on for…
- **2025-07-21 — Next Hearin…**: Notice to other respondents returnable on this date. The prayer for interim relief to be…

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