India, Oct. 14 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an NCDRC order directing an insurance firm to pay Rs 82.80 lakh to a company, which had contracted players of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, on account of S Sreesanth's knee injury in the 2012 tournament.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order while hearing a plea filed by United India Insurance Co. Ltd against the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission's (NCDRC) April order. "He (Sreesanth) did not play for a single day (in IPL 2012)," the bench observed. While fixing the matter for hearing, the bench said, "Till further orders, the effect and operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed".
The NCDRC had passed the order on a complaint filed ...