Azhar's case adjourned to Aug 2 as BCCI gets interim stay

A Hyderabad civil court today adjourned to August 2 the hearing of the main petition of former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, challenging the life ban imposed on him by the Cricket Board.

The second additional chief judge of city civil court J Shyam Sunder Rao posted the hearing to the next date in view of the interim stay granted by the High Court on further proceedings of the case, based on a revision petition filed by BCCI in the High Court yesterday.

Justice Sudarshan Reddy of AP High Court granted interim stay on further proceedings of the main petition filed by Azharuddin after the lower court rejected a BCCI plea for more time to file a written statement on the match fixing scandal.

BCCI also filed an interlocutary petition in the lower court before J Shyam Sunder Rao seeking the striking down of certain averments in Azhar's main petition and sought more time to file the written statement but the lower court insisted on filing the statement by July 19. Aggrieved by the lower court, BCCI filed the revision petition for an interim order.