Supreme Court in India gives approval to Lodha Committee recommendation to legalize sports betting
The Supreme Court (SC) in India had commissioned the Lodha Committee headed by R.M. Lodha, the retired Chief Justice of India to look into the 2013 match-fixing scandals surrounding the Indian Premier League (IPL) and senior Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials and players.
The Lodha Committee took a long period of time to thoroughly investigate all aspects, rules and individuals who were accused of matching-fixing, corruption and bribery before compiling a lengthy report and submitting the same to the Supreme Court in India. The report included a number of recommendations focused on cleaning up the BCCI, IPL and also other sports in India that were open to the evils of match-fixing.
Some of the recommendations made in the Lodha report include preventing …...