Lalit Modi wants BCCI to pay his ED penalty, court slaps Rs 1 lakh fine on him
India TodayThe Bombay High Court has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Lalit Modi, the Indian Premier League founder, for filing a ‘frivolous’ and ‘wholly misconceived’ petition seeking directions to the cricket regulator BCCI to pay Rs 10.65 core Enforcement Directorate penalty on him. Modi had sought an interim direction from the court to the Board of Control for Cricket in India to pay a penalty of Rs 10.65 crore imposed on him in May 2018 by the central anti-money laundering agency for violations under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. The bench of Justices MS Sonak and Jitendra Jain, however, referred to a Supreme Court judgment from 2005, which stated that the BCCI does not fall under the definition of 'state' as per constitutional provisions. The bench directed Modi to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh to the Tata Memorial Hospital by January 16, 2025.