In an important decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on October 30 directed Police authorities to ensure that FIRs should not be registered in matters involving civil disputes.
IT would seem ironic that with cricket in the subcontinent at a standstill, cases of match-fixing are still making headlines. Kingpin bookie Sanjeev Chawla, who was brought back from the UK, is currently being interrogated by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police and is said to have made some sensational claims about the extent of match-fixing in international cricket.