SHC summons Mujeeb, Zaman on 25th (19 August 1999)
Hyderabad, Aug 18: A Division Bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit Bench, here on Wednesday has issued notices to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ad hoc committee chairman Mujeeb-ur-Rehman and member Javed Zaman for Aug 25
19-Aug-1999
19 August 1999
SHC summons Mujeeb, Zaman on 25th
The Dawn
Hyderabad, Aug 18: A Division Bench of the Sindh High Court,
Hyderabad circuit Bench, here on Wednesday has issued notices to
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ad hoc committee chairman
Mujeeb-ur-Rehman and member Javed Zaman for Aug 25.
The notices were issued on a constitutional petition, filed by
Hyderabad Division Cricket Association (HDCA), challenging its
suspension. Another application was also filed along with the
petition, praying for an interim injunction against the respondent to
retrain the respondents from suspending HDCA and freezing its
accounts and sealing its office at Niaz Stadium.
The petition was filed by advocate Allah Bachayo Soomro.
The lawyer contended that office-bearers of the suspended HDCA were
elected in last elections held in 1994 and that on July 17, 1999
President of Pakistan had suspended management of the PCB by invoking
clause 1 of article 41 of constitution of PCB and had appointed an ad
hoc committee consisting of respondents to run the board's affairs.
The counsel contended that the chairman and member ad hoc body
interfered in the affairs of cricket associations, suspending them
all over the country and this came to known only through newspapers
because no notice, whatsoever, had been issued to HDCA to-date.
Claiming that HDCA's account had also been frozen, he pleaded that
after his client's suspension there was complete chaos and confusion
among 120 cricket clubs enrolled with HDCA.
He informed the court that the suspended association had already
finalized arrangements for Under-19 tournament which was about to be
commenced and various requirements are still to be fulfilled. But
under the existing circumstances not only the petitioner but cricket
clubs would be adversely affected.
He argued that respondents were not authorized to suspend management
of the petitioner, appoint any sub-committee and freeze bank accounts
as these actions were malafide, void and illegal.
Quoting certain articles of PCB constitution, he prayed the court to
declare that respondent's action was illegal and of no legal effect.
He prayed the court to restrain the respondents from suspending the
HDCA and interfering in its affairs.
Source :: The Dawn (www.dawn.com)