Let BCCI pay Rs 1000 crores as damages for staging IPL 2021 amid Covid crisis: PIL filed in Bombay High Court

Advocate Vandana Shah has filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court has sought a direction to the BCCI to pay Rs 1,000 crore as "damages" and make donations from their profit to hospitals treating COVID-19 patients for holding the IPL 2021 amid the virus crisis in India.

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by an advocate in the Bombay High Court saying that the Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) should be asked to supply oxygen and medical supplies worth over Rs 1000 crores, and whatever profit they have made in this corona-ravaged time by holding the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 since April 9. The plea, filed by advocate Vandana Shah, states that BCCI should be ordered to tender an unconditional apology to Indians for their "tone-deaf and arrogant behaviour." The plea also says that the BCCI should be asked to organise crematoriums, since these are also overburdened. Shah in her petition sought to question the accountability of BCCI towards the public. Shah says that she herself is a fan of the sport but in such sensitive times, lives are more important.