The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the Maharshtra Cricket Association’s appeal against the Bombay High Court order to shift IPL matches out of the State.
Head of the bench Chief Justice T.S. Thakur was tending to allow the matches in Maharashtra with some reasonable restriction like the stadium authorities will not be permitted to use “even a drop of potable water” for their matches.
Bench also comprising Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit dismissed the petition and said that let the matches be shifted out of the state.
The Bombay High Court order, saying that they will not be using potable water for any cricketing activity in stadiums in Mumbai and Pune and rather use treated sewage water. Senior advocate P Chidambaram and A.M. Singhvi, appearing for the State cricket bodies
The Bench, during the hearing, sought response from the lawyers about the claim that 60 lakh litres of water would be required for maintenance of the grounds on the eve of IPL matches which were scheduled to be played in the state.
Mr. Chidambaram referred to certain letters and said that the stadiums would be needing 10,000 litres a day for six days and potable water will not be used.