No passport, no play, says Delhi High Court

The Hindustan Times has reported that the Delhi High Court on Tuesday firmly slammed the door on Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) aspiring to represent India in international sports events, saying they owe their allegiance to their adopted countries. Upholding the Sports Ministry's policy, the court said, "There is a justification in insisting that only Indian passport holders should represent India in an international sporting event. Those with foreign passports obviously owe their allegiance to the countries of which they hold passport."

Bar & Bench had previously covered the issue of the OCIs' legal battle to be allowed to play for India. Their legal fight had some big name counsels who sought to represent their interests including Senior Counsels Mukul Rohatgi and Rohinton F. Nariman.

CBI ropes in top lawyer to deny Raju bail

The Deccan Chronicle has reported on how the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has engaged the Solicitor General of India to oppose the bail petition of B. Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in the multi crore Satyam scam, before the Andhra Pradesh High Court.

T. Niranjan Reddy, the special public prosecutor of the CBI, on Thursday, informed Justice Raja Elango that the Solicitor General, Gopal Subramanium, will appear in the case, and urged the judge to adjourn the matter to August 12.

Tit for tat? BCCI wants recusal of Lalit Modi lawyer

DNA has reported on how the Lalit Modi case took a new turn on Sunday when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) asked one of his lawyers to recuse himself from the case. The BCCI demand was a sort of counter-attack on the Modi camp which has been insisting on the recusal of at least two of the three members— Arun Jaitley, Chirayu Amin — of the disciplinary committee. Jyotiraditya Scindia is the other member.