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More trouble for Modi?

More trouble seems to be in store for former IPL chief Lalit Modi with the government likely to seek his deportation three days after revoking his passport.
Modi has been given until March 31 to either file an appeal or move court over the cancellation of his passport and it has come to light that the Enforcement Directorate is considering the option of deporting Modi to probe into alleged violation of foreign exchange laws while he was the IPL chief.
Modi's lawyer Mehmood Abdi said that they are considering all the options available to them before taking any step.
"It is under active consideration. All options are being weighed. We will see what action needs to be taken on it (passport revocation)," Abdi said.
Modi has been eluding investigating since more than six months now and is believed to be in London. Abdi has been representing Modi in India but now it seems there is no alternative for Modi but to come out in the open.
If it comes to deportation, it is likely to be a complicated and a delayed affair because of the legal issues involved.
The ED is yet also decide on taking the much harsher step of invoking the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
It is believed that even though ED is keen to investigate Modi, the probe pertains to IPL and not Modi alone and hence it is being more thorough in the process.

 

IPL -lalit modi case

High Court dismisses Lalit Modi's plea 

Mumbai: Paving way for the Board of Control for Cricket in India Disciplinary Committee to resume its enquiry against former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, the Bombay High Court has dismissed his application seeking confirmation of an earlier interim stay on the proceedings.
“No ground has been made out in Mr. Modi's application. We are determined that he is trying to delay the proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee (DC) on one ground or the other,” Justice S.J. Kathawala observed in his ruling.
The Court further said that it was essential that the Disciplinary Committee was allowed to complete its inquiry.
The BCCI formed the Committee last year to look into charges of financial improprieties against Modi during his tenure as IPL Commissioner.
Challenged
Justice Kathawala, on December 25 last year, had granted interim stay on the proceedings of DC, after Mr. Modi approached the Court challenging DC's continuance. “If Modi is allowed to succeed in his endeavour of delaying the enquiry before the Disciplinary Committee, the entire purpose and object of the enquiry against him would be lost,” the court said.
“There are several witnesses who are foreign nationals coming from abroad to give their evidence in the matter... who may subsequently not be available to depose before the Disciplinary Committee,” Justice Kathawala said.
The court has kept Mr. Modi's main suit against the DC pending. In this suit, Mr. Modi has challenged the very existence of the Committee, saying its term expired on September 29 last year and it was not reconstituted. — PTI