Court rejects Modi's appeal

New Delhi - Suspended Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi has failed in his court bid to quash an Indian cricket board disciplinary proceeding against him.

The Mumbai High Court on Thursday ordered Modi to present his case before the Board of Control for Cricket in India disciplinary committee which is scheduled to meet on Friday, BCCI chief administrator Ratnakar Shetty said.

The hearing will investigate allegations of financial irregularities against Modi in his role as head of the lucrative annual IPL Twenty20 tournament.

In his appeal Modi said he was unlikely to get a fair hearing from the BCCI committee because it was made up of board members who were biased against him. He demanded they be replaced by independent members.

The BCCI disciplinary committee is made up of interim IPL chairperson Chirayu Amin, Arun Jaitley and Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Modi was suspended as IPL commissioner in April and is barred from participating in the operation of the IPL, the cricket board or any of its committees while charges against him are investigated.

Modi, a wealthy businessman who has been involved in top level cricket administration since 2004, says his running of the IPL was completely transparent and denies any corruption.

Dozens of international cricket stars are contracted to the IPL, which is set to be expanded from eight to 10 clubs in 2011.