Hearing on Azhar's case adjourned

A city civil court on Thursday adjourned to July 19 the hearing on the case filed by former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, challenging the life ban imposed on him by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

The second additional Chief Judge J Shyamsundar Rao, after hearing the plea of Azharuddin's counsel T Jagdish, who sought more time since his client was not present in the city, posted the next date of hearing to July 19.

Earlier, Jagdish, who prayed for obtaining the inquiry report of BCCI inquiry commisioner K Madhavan into the match-fixing scandal was asked by the judge to file an application in this regard.

According to A Venkatesh, who appeared on behalf of the BCCI, the inquiry report was already submitted to the court on June 25. Jagdish, who was directed by the judge to forward an application to this effect, readily agreed to do so.

Mail Cricket Editor