Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 18 · Decided 10 January 2005
Board of Control for Cricket, India and ANR. v. Netaji Cricket Club and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 18 · [2005] 1 S.C.R. 173
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 237/2005
- Decided
- 10 January 2005
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 114; Constitution Article 136, 142; Registration Act
Headnote
B Societies-Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975-Appel!ant­ Board, a society registered under the Act controlling the sport of cricket in India-Enjoying monopoly status as regard regulation of cricket in terms of C its Memorandum of Association and Articles of regard to the enormity of power exercised by it, the Board is bound to follow the doctrine of 'fairness' and 'good faith' in all its activities-It has a duty to act reasonably and cannot act arbitrarily, whimsically or capriciously-Both J.-Ub/ic good and welfare of cricket must be kept in view-It
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