A petitioner, who demanded inclusion of Kochi Tuskers Kerala team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, has asked by the Kerala High Court to approach the former chief justice of India RM Lodha headed the three-member committee to solve this matter.

Sathish Kumar UK of Palliport near Munambam in Ernakulam filed a public interest court case (WP-C No. 24769/2017) to the Kerala High Court, and now a division bench of the court suggested approaching the Lodha committee first after considering the case.

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According to the reports in Times of India, the High court said in its order, "All these and any other grievance that the petitioner has, could more appropriately be dealt with by the Chief Justice RM Lodha Committee and if the said committee has any difficulty and/or reservation in examining the said issues, the same can be forwarded to the appropriate Forum in BCCI itself. But surely, in the first instance, this Court would be reluctant to interfere in the matter."

The petitioner alleged that Kochi Tuskers Kerala was arbitrarily and illegitimately removed from IPL tournaments, as a result, the team prevented from hosting matches and fixtures as well.

Justice Lodha ordered in arbitration proceedings to the BCCI to pay around Rs 1,200 crore, which includes interest, for arbitrarily kept out the team from the tournament, but the Indian cricket board is yet to pay the money, had claimed by the petition.

It is also being said that the BCCI is not only engaged in injustice but also giving heavy revenue loss to the state government as tax, which is reportedly 42 crores per year by not bring back the team to the cash-rich T20 league, and the petitioner concluded by saying that BCCI's that attitude hinders the development of sports in the state.