Board Of Control For Cricket In India vs Cricket Association Of Bihar . on 29 September, 2015
11. Mr Aditya Choudhary, learned counsel appearing for the
petitioner persuasively submitted that several wards of railway
employees had achieved significant accomplishment in the sport of
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cricket and had proceeded to represent India in international cricket.
He further submitted that the railways had a long history of nurturing
talent in the sport of cricket in India and this was also noted by the
Supreme Court in its decision in Board of Control for Cricket in
India and Ors. v. Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors.: JT 2018 (8)
SC 65. He drew the attention of this Court to paragraph 11 of the said
decision, which notes the names of the several famous international
cricketers who had played for Indian Railways. He pointed out that
some of the names mentioned therein had played cricket as wards of
Railway employees. He submitted that in view of the longstanding
history of the contribution of RSPB and contribution of wards of
employees of the Indian Railways, the decision of the BCCI to not
permit them to participate in the teams fielded by RSPB was arbitrary
and unreasonable. He submitted the same also militates against the
very objective of the BCCI to nurture and promote cricket in India.