The panel has already produced a damning report which lists 13 people, including Indian cricket boss N Srinivasan. PHOTO: AFP
The high court said it wanted the country's investigation agencies to team up with its own three-member panel appointed last year to probe the allegations into the popular T20 competition.
The panel, led by former judge Mukal Mudgal, has already produced a damning report which lists 13 people, including Indian cricket boss N Srinivasan, who has been forced to stand aside in the wake of the scandal.
Justice A K Patnaik said he wanted the new investigation to look further into allegations contained in a sealed section of the report — which has not been made public and which deals with the 13 people.
"We want to know from the Mudgal panel if they are willing to continue investigations," Patnaik told the court.
The court has accused Srinivasan of effectively turning a blind eye to the allegations that have embroiled the IPL since last year, and had asked the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India itself to investigate the panel's report. But after hearing legal arguments on Tuesday against the BCCI's proposed list of names to head the probe, the court asked if the Mudgal panel was willing to take over.
Former judge Mudgal later told media that he would be happy to head another investigation.
"We have given our consent, it is entirely for the Supreme Court to decide," Mudgal told the CNN-IBN channel.
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