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SC issues notice to Mukherjee group on Mohun BAC petition
New Delhi, Oct 13: The Supreme Court today issued notices to Debaprasad Mukherjee and his group on a petition filed by Mohun Bagan Athletic Club and its general secretary Anjan Mitra challenging a Calcutta High Court order appointing a three-member committee to run the affairs of the club.
New Delhi, Oct 13: The Supreme Court today issued
notices to Debaprasad Mukherjee and his group on a petition
filed by Mohun Bagan Athletic Club and its general secretary
Anjan Mitra challenging a Calcutta High Court order appointing
a three-member committee to run the affairs of the club.
Refusing to stay the High Court order, a bench comprising
Justice S Rajendra Babu and Justice G P Mathur asked the
respondents to file objections to the petition within two
weeks.
Appearing for the petitioner, senior advocate Kapil Sibal
sought modification in the High Court order, which was opposed
to by the respondents' advocate Uday Umesh Lalit and Satyajit
Saha saying that the present arrangement was working fine and
the football team has won three of the four major tournaments
it participated recently.
The High Court had on May 23 set up a three-member
committee to run the affairs of the football team of the Mohun
Bagan Club and ordered the existing executive committee to
work under the guidance of the three-member panel. It had
asked Balaram Choudhary, assistant general secretary of the
Club to render assistance to the panel.
In respect of other affairs of the club, the High Court
had said that the existing executive committee would continue
to manage the affairs of the club subject to any directions of
the three-member committee that may be issued by them in the
matter concerning the football team.
Bureau Report
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