Tagged “anti-corruption-code”

S. Sreesanth v. BCCI (2019): a criminal discharge does not undo a disciplinary finding, but a life ban still has to be proportionate

The Supreme Court upheld the BCCI Disciplinary Committee's finding that Sreesanth breached the Anti-Corruption Code, notwithstanding his earlier discharge in the criminal spot-fixing case — but set aside the life ban itself as disproportionate, remitting only the question of quantum for fresh consideration. A digest of the civil/criminal standard-of-proof divide, the limited scope of judicial review over a domestic tribunal, and proportionality as the operative check.