Rajasthan Royals Owes ₹6.9 Crore To Over 850 Police Officials Deployed During 2011 IPL Matches: Amicus Curiae To Rajasthan High Court

A division bench comprising Chief Justice SS Shinde and Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand has granted some more time to the counsel appearing for RR to seek instructions in the matter.

The case against Rajasthan Royals was initiated suo moto in April 2019, on the basis of a newspaper report published in Dainik Bhaskar, revealing that 850 to 980 police officials were deployed, including 18 senior officers belonging to the cadre of Rajasthan Police Services and 52 Inspectors, on the day the IPL match was held. The report stated that an amount of more than 6.99 Crore, due to the police force, has not been paid by the sponsors of IPL who earn huge revenue by holding the matches.

The Court had also issued notices to the State of Rajasthan, Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

On April 28, the Court made Rajasthan Royals a party to the proceedings on being informed by the Counsels that the liability to pay an outstanding amount of Rs.3,28,36,753/- is on the franchise. Furthermore, the Court was also informed that a total amount which was payable to the State under agreement with the franchise was Rs. 6,98,86,753/- out of which, as per the State's reply, Rs.3,70,50,000/- has already been paid.

Last month, the High Court had asked the Franchise to file a reply explaining its actions.

"Learned Amicus Curiae invites our attention to the order passed by this Court dated 28/04/2022 and submitted that there is no compliance by respondent No.4 inasmuch as the total amount of Rs.6,98,86,753/-, which was payable by respondent No.4 to the State under agreement has not been deposited," the order dated July 15 stated.

The matter is now listed for tomorrow.

AAG S.S. Raghav, Adv. Angad Mirdha, Adv. Prateek Kasliwal and Adv. Siddharth Ranka appeared for the respondents.

Case Title: Suo Motu v. State Of Rajasthan

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