US EditionSupreme Court Rebukes High Court's Role in Revenue Department Case
MUMBAI, INDIA, JUN 18 – The court ruled BCCI's termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala was wrongful and upheld a Rs 538 crore award, marking a major legal precedent in IPL franchise disputes.
- On June 17, 2025, the Bombay High Court rejected BCCI's petition and confirmed the decision requiring the board to compensate Kochi Tuskers Kerala with a total amount of Rs. 538.84 crore following the franchise's termination from the IPL.
- This followed BCCI's 2011 termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala's franchise for failing to provide mandatory bank guarantees, which KCPL and RSW challenged as wrongful in arbitration.
- The arbitrator ruled BCCI wrongfully invoked the bank guarantee, causing repudiatory breach, and awarded Rs. 384.83 crore plus interest to KCPL and Rs. 153.34 crore to RSW by 2015.
- Justice Riyaz I. Chagla emphasized that the court’s authority to review arbitral awards is narrowly confined by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, and stated that BCCI’s disagreement with the interpretation of evidence does not justify overturning the award.
- The ruling permits KCPL and RSW to withdraw deposited amounts and marks a significant legal setback for BCCI over a dispute spanning more than a decade.
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Supreme Court Rebukes High Court's Role in Revenue Department Case
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BCCI Suffer Setback As Bombay High Court Dismiss Petition Against Kochi Tuskers In Rs 538 Cr Arbitral Awards Case
The Kochi Tuskers Kerala franchise had been awarded to a consortium led by Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) and later operated by Kochi Cricket Private Limited (KCPL)
BCCI hit with ₹539 crore penalty over Kochi Tuskers Kerala IPL franchise termination
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Sambad EnglishBCCI asked to pay Rs 538 cr in IPL's Kochi franchise case
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suffered a setback as the Bombay High Court has upheld the arbitral accord to pay Rs 538 crore to the defunct Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala. The court has rejected BCCI’s suit challenging the arbitral ruling in the long-standing IPL franchise controversy, which has been going on for over a decade. Despite multiple attempts, BCCI officials remained unavailab…
The Print
NewsDrumHC junks BCCI’s pleas against arbitration awards, asks it to pay Rs 538 cr to defunct IPL franchise
Mumbai, Jun 18 (PTI) The Bombay High Court has dismissed the petitions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) challenging arbitral awards of over Rs 538 crore in favour of the now-defunct Indian Premier League franchise Kochi Tuskers Kerala. In the order passed on Tuesday, Justice R Chagla said there is no […]
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