A Supreme Court appointed panel, headed by ex-Chief Justice of India RM Lodha, punished Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals because their officials were involved in IPL spot fixing.
Both the teams have been banned for two years for connecting in IPL spot fixing scandal.
Meiyappan, who is the son-in-law of ex-BCCI president N. Srinivasan and the face of CSK till 2013, has been banned for life from cricketing activities while Kundra, the husband of film star Shilpa Shetty and a Rajasthan Royals team owner, has been slapped a similar penalty.
This scandal and the decision of the Supreme Court assigned committee has rocked the Indian cricket. In his judgement, Lodha said fans have been cheated and anti-corruption code violated.
IPL team Chennai Super Kings is owned by India Cements, a company owned by N Srinivasan.
And, Rajasthan Royals is owned by Raj Kundra, husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty.
Both the convicts can appeal against the verdict to a two-member Supreme Court bench of Justices T.S. Thakur and FMI Kalifulla.
Twitter world is all heated up with different reactions from people all over. Bringing to you the best out of best. And who could have been better than the Lalit Modi himself:
First Reaction of #srini is hilarious – @csk has nothing to do with me – does this clown really think we are stupid pic.twitter.com/MQGQXMIZIt
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@LalitKModi) July 14, 2015
Earlier, when senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai prasied Lord Lalit Modi:
Ghost of @LalitKModi haunts IPL. Rules he framed results in suspension of CSK and RR for 2 years. #IPLCleanUP — Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 14, 2015
To which Lalit was quick to clarify:
It was me 4 your information that exposed these fellows in the first place. It was not on my watch. think straight📻📰 https://t.co/vjd3zfKb1e
— Lalit Kumar Modi (@LalitKModi) July 14, 2015
#QSatire: Two IPL teams suspended for two years. Where is the party @LalitKModi? #IPLVerdict pic.twitter.com/wcVLoNm4CQ — The Quint (@TheQuint) July 14, 2015
Hats off SC but 2 years is nothing. Stripping off their titles is a must. #IPLVerdict — Abhinav Sharma (@Abhinav9747) July 14, 2015
DAWN OF JUSTICE THANK YOU LODHA #IPLVerdict — syed abis ali jafri (@abis_jafri) July 14, 2015
From Whistle Podu to Whistle Lodu….!!!! Life has come a full circle for CSK. #IPLVerdict
— Naqui (@naqui_s) July 14, 2015
And the guy who presided over all the corruption, Mr. Srinivasan is the head of #ICC and leads #Big3, go figure #IPLVerdict — لال بجھکڑ (@afzaal_k) July 14, 2015
Srini says hes not associated with @ChennaiIPL like pak saying kasabs not theirs.What a joke!!Quit, Games over! #Cricket #scam #IPLVerdict — Amit Goel (@amgabc123) July 14, 2015
#IPLVerdict why have the names of the players not been disclosed?perhaps the names are too big?if u want to rock the boat rock it properly — jyotsna mohan (@jyotsnamohan) July 14, 2015
