Overview

• A two-judge bench of Justices P S Narasimha and R Mahadevan concluded that the board’s private status precludes writ jurisdiction under Article 226.
• The court repudiated Modi’s invocation of Rule 34 in BCCI’s memorandum, finding no obligation for the board to indemnify office-bearers against ED penalties.
• The judgment upholds the Bombay High Court’s December 19, 2024, order that dismissed Modi’s earlier petition as “wholly misconceived” and levied ₹1 lakh in costs.
• Modi has been granted liberty to seek redress for the ₹10.65 crore penalty through civil litigation rather than constitutional writs.
• The fine was imposed by the Enforcement Directorate in May 2018 for alleged FEMA violations during the 2009 IPL season in South Africa.