The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition filed to stop the projection of the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) as the representative of the official national cricket team of India, terming it frivolous.
The plea sought to restrain public broadcaster Prasar Bharati, which operates Doordarshan and All India Radio, from referring to the BCCI’s cricket team as Indian National Cricket Team or Team India.
The plea had argued that calling the BCCI Team India or the Indian national cricket team misleads the public and violates laws governing the use of national symbols.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi upheld the Delhi High Court’s 8th of October order, which junked the PIL filed by advocate Reepak Kansal.
