MS Dhoni strikes HC for contempt proceedings in opposition to IPS officer

Former Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has not too long ago moved a contempt petition on the Madras Excessive Courtroom in opposition to Indian Police Service (IPS) officer G Sampath Kumar. Dhoni’s this contempt of courtroom plea in opposition to the IPS officer is for allegedly making remarks in opposition to the Supreme Courtroom and sure senior counsels on the problem referring to the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting case.

Following his comment, Dhoni filed a defamation swimsuit in opposition to a non-public TV community and Sampath. In his 2021 plea, the previous Indian cricket group captain sought courtroom intervention to restrain Sampath and others from making defamatory remarks in opposition to him.

The Excessive Courtroom, again then, had given an interim injunction restraining Kumar and the opposite events to the case from making any defamatory statements in opposition to Dhoni. Nevertheless, it was seen that the IPS officer had already given a written illustration in December 2021, requesting the defamation case to be quashed.

After acquiring consent from Advocate-Common R Shanmugasundaram, on July 18, 2022, to file the contempt utility, Dhoni most popular the current contempt utility on October 11, 2022, to punish Kumar for his alleged acts of constructing remarks in opposition to the judiciary in violation of the courtroom’s interim order handed in 2014.

Nevertheless, the case, which is about remarks made by the officer who had investigated the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal of 2013, wasn’t taken up on account of a scarcity of time however may come up once more on Tuesday.

Along with this, the previous cricketer had additionally sought compensation price Rs 100 crore from the IPS officer for making match-fixing allegations in opposition to him. Dhoni, in his affidavit, had requested to completely restrain Sampath Kumar, who was the then Inspector Common of Police, from making any assertion linking him (Dhoni) to match-fixing and spot-fixing of matches.

Earlier in 2014, the courtroom had restrained Kumar from passing any remarks in opposition to MS Dhoni. The officer had allegedly filed an affidavit earlier than the highest courtroom containing “derogatory” remarks in opposition to the judiciary and Madras Excessive Courtroom.

The plea said that “The statements of the third respondent are scandalous and are able to shaking the religion of the frequent man within the justice system,” including that it constitutes an “act of prison contempt”.

“I submit that the statements of the Respondent/third Defendant made by him in his further written assertion lowers the authority of the Courtroom and likewise has the impact of interfering and obstructing the administration of justice,” it added.

The plea additionally revealed that the officer had accused the highest courtroom of getting “deviated from its give attention to ‘Rule of legislation’ and shelved the deposition in sealed cowl for causes”.

Kumar had claimed that Dhoni filed the case within the Madras Excessive Courtroom with the “sole focus” to “gag” the IPS officer.

The plea stated “The third defendant submits that within the Plaint the only real focus was to gag the 3rdDefendant, that’s the principle cause they selected Madras Excessive Courtroom whereas not one of the different three Defendants or the Plaintiff are primarily based in Tamil Nadu. The Selection of Senior Counsels representing the Plaintiff speaks volumes concerning the conspiracy behind this Plaint.”

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