Lalit Modi

The appeal tribunal reviewed all remittances linked to IPL 2009. It treated several transactions as current account operations not requiring the alleged RBI authorisation, overturned findings and penalties in several notices and, in particular, found a personal penalty against Modi after his suspension to be erroneous. The group of appeals was partly allowed.

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Modi requested that the BCCI bear the FEMA penalties imposed on him because he had acted as the organisation's representative. The Bombay High Court dismissed the application and ordered him to pay costs of 1 lakh rupees, describing the claim as frivolous.

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Protagonist is the complainant

The Enforcement Directorate imposed several penalties on Modi in a series of show-cause notices concerning foreign currency remittances and the banking structure used for IPL 2009 in South Africa. His aggregate personal exposure was approximately 10.65 crore rupees.

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Directly implicated

The revelation that Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj had told British authorities that issuing travel documents to Modi would not damage bilateral relations triggered a political crisis. Documents and statements also revealed earlier support by Vasundhara Raje for his situation in Britain.

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Political responsibility

Modi's passport was revoked in 2011 following his failure to comply with summonses from the Enforcement Directorate in the FEMA investigation. In 2014, the Delhi High Court set aside the revocation, finding in particular that it was not in the public interest as required, and restored his passport.

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Directly implicated

Despite the BCCI ban, Modi stood for president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association and won the election. The BCCI considered the election a challenge to its decisions and suspended the RCA.

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Directly implicated

After several years of proceedings, the BCCI disciplinary committee found Modi guilty of eight counts of misconduct concerning, in particular, IPL governance and various irregularities.

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Directly implicated

At a special meeting, the BCCI voted to expel Modi and prohibit him from holding any office or position within the Board or its committees in future.

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Directly implicated

Following the award of the Kochi franchise, Modi published details of the consortium's shareholders and “sweat equity” on Twitter. Consortium members complained to the BCCI that he had allegedly attempted to discourage them from bidding and to alter their structure.

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Directly implicated

The BCCI suspended Modi from his duties immediately after the 2010 IPL final and opened disciplinary proceedings concerning governance decisions, contracts and alleged financial irregularities.

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Directly implicated

While a student at Duke, Modi was prosecuted following a fictitious cocaine transaction that escalated into an assault. He pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assault; a prison sentence was suspended in favour of probation, a fine and community service. The drug-related count was handled separately.

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Accused