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Team India: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition seeking an order restraining the Board of Cricket in India (BCCI) from using the words ‘Indian National Cricket Team’ and ‘Team India’.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking an order restraining the Board of Cricket in India (BCCI) from using the words ‘Indian National Cricket Team’ and ‘Team India’. The petition demanded that Prasar Bharti stop portraying the BCCI team as ‘Team India’. Apart from dismissing the petition, the Supreme Court also reprimanded the petitioner. The court commented that the court should not be burdened unnecessarily.
This petition was filed by lawyer Ripak Kansal. He had earlier approached the Delhi High Court, where his plea was dismissed. After that, he appealed to the Supreme Court against the judgment of the Delhi High Court. He demanded that the BCCI stop using the words ‘Indian National Cricket Team’ or ‘Team India’ for the cricket team. At the same time, he demanded that Doordarshan and Prasar Bharti, the managing body of All India Radio, stop using the word ‘Team India’.
After the appeal was rejected by the High Court, he went to the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Suryakant and Justice Jaimalya Bagchi dismissed his plea. The Supreme Court reprimanded the petitioner as well as the High Court.
Dismissing the petition, Chief Justice Suryakant said, “You start filing one petition after another sitting at home. What is the problem? There is a notification for the National Sports Tribunal as well, which has qualified members. Do not burden the court unnecessarily.”
In this regard, Justice Bagchi said, “If the central government had come forward in this case, then maybe some questions could have been raised about the matter. But here BCCI is getting massive support.” Chief Justice Suryakant also termed the judgment of the Delhi High Court as wrong. He said, “The decision of the High Court was wrong. The High Court should have imposed penalty. Otherwise how can such a frivolous petition be stopped in the Supreme Court?”
Lawyer Ripak Kansal in his plea claimed that BCCI is using the term ‘Team India’ for their team. Also using the national flag, which according to him is against the law. He also claimed that Prasar Bharti was wrongly presenting the BCCI-run team as ‘Team India’.
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