The BCCI probe panel on IPL spot fixing and betting charges, struck down as "illegal", was set up in violation of its own rules, the Bombay High Court said, adding a prima facie case is made out that BCCI President-in- exile N Srinivasan was involved in its formation.

The two-member panel that went into the charges against India Cements Ltd, owners of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings, its former Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Srinivasan, and Raj Kundra, co-owner of Rajasthan Royals on July 28, had given a clean chit to all those against whom the probe was conducted.