General
Awareness Updates – December 2013
Sports
The Delhi High
Court declined to grant stay on ongoing inquiry proceedings by a committee set
up by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) against ace shuttler Jwala
Gutta (right) for alleged indiscipline. Ms Gutta approached the high court
challenging the show cause notice issued to her by the committee on 14th
October and also sought a stay on its proceedings against her.
Justice V. K. Jain referred to his 10th October order and said no
interim order is required as the court has already granted relief to her by
asking BAI to allow her to participate in the national and international
tournament. Allowing the committee to go ahead with its proceedings, Justice Mr
Jain said, “If she is aggrieved of any decision of the committee, she can
approach this very court.”
The three-member disciplinary panel comprises Indian Olympic
Association (IOA) joint secretary Anandeshwar Pandey, Luge Federation of India
president Deepa Mehta and Swati Shukla, a former associate of the Commonwealth
Games Organising committee.
The BAI's disciplinary committee had recommended a life ban on Ms Gutta
for trying to stop some players of her franchise Delhi Smashers from playing a
match against Banga Beats in the recent Indian Badminton League.
The controversy had erupted during the August 25 tie when Delhi
Smashers threatened to pull out against Banga Beats over the last-minute
replacement of injured singles player, Hu Yun of Hong Kong with
In a setback to N.
Srinivasan, (right) the President of the Board for Control of Cricket in
India (BCCI), the Supreme Court proposed three-member panel headed by former
Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court Mukul Mudgal to independently
probe into IPL spot-fixing scandal. The Supreme Court rejected the BCCI's
suggestion for setting up a special committee to probe the IPL spot-fixing
scandal and proposed a three-member panel headed by former
A bench of
Justices A. K. Patnaik and J. S. Kehar also proposed the names of senior
advocate and Additional Solicitor General N. Nagehswar Rao and Assam Cricket
Association member Nilay Dutta to be part of the panel. It asked the counsels
of BCCI and Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), which are at loggerheads on the
issue of fresh probe in the scandal, to seek instructions on the proposed panel
and posted the case for hearing for tomorrow when a formal order would be
passed on it.
The bench turned
down BCCI's proposal for setting up a Special Purpose Committee (SPC)
comprising senior politician Arun Jaitley and Nilay Dutta to look into the
issue. It also turned down the plea of BCCI that the proposed panel should find
out if further probe is required into all the issues mentioned in the charge
sheet filed by the Mumbai Police in the scandal. The bench said that the panel
would conduct an independent inquiry into the allegations and submit its report
to the Supreme Court. “Mumbai Police can go on its own. Let the panel make an
independent inquiry and give report to the Supreme Court and suggest remedial
measures,” the bench said.
The court was
hearing cross appeals filed by BCCI and CAB challenging Bombay High Court's
order which had declared the BCCI's probe panel in the scandal as illegal. The
apex court had on August 30 heard the petition filed by Aditya Verma,
Secretary, CAB, challenging the high court's order refusing to appoint a fresh
committee to probe the scam. The CAB has pleaded that when the high court
declared the panel of two judges as unconstitutional, it should have appointed
a fresh committee to look into the issue.
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Second: Kimi Raikkonen
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Third: Romain Grosjean
(France/Lotus-Renault)
Japanese Grand
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Winner: Sebastian Vettel
(Germany/Red Bull-Renault)
Second: Mark Webber
(Australia/Red Bull-Renault)
Third: Romain Grosjean
(France/Lotus-Renault)
Winner: Sebastian Vettel
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Second: Fernando Alonso
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