Case Filed Against Sachin Tendulkar on Bharat Ratna in Bihar. The PM is also under the scanner. Read More!

Case Filed Against Sachin Tendulkar on Bharat Ratna

MUZAFFARPUR (Bihar): A case was filed in a local court here challenging the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for Bharat Ratna and charging the Prime Minister and Union home minister with hurting peoples’ sentiments.The iconic cricketer too has been named as an accused in the case filed under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (offences relating to cheating and dishonesty) 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 417 (punishment for cheating), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 120(B) (punishment of criminal conspiracy). The case filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate S P Singh by local lawyer Sudhir Kumar Ojha said the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for the country’s highest civilian honour and not legendary hockey player Dhyanchand has hurt the sentiments of the people of the country.

Case Filed Against Sachin Tendulkar on Bharat Ratna

The petitioner has charged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Union Sports Minister Bhanwar Jitendra Singh and secretary to the Union Sports Minsitry with hurting the people’s sentiments by deleting Dhyanchand’s name to accommodate Tendulkar’s wish for the highest national honours.
The case has been admitted by the CJM, who fixed December 10 as the date of hearing.