New Delhi, July 22 -- A day after receiving major relief from the Appellate Tribunal under the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act (SAFEMA) in the long-running FEMA case linked to the 2009 IPL in South Africa, former IPL chairman Lalit Modi plans to return to India by the end of this year or early next year.
Speaking a day after the tribunal's verdict, Lalit said the ruling brought an end to a legal battle that had lasted 16 years and vindicated his stand on the decisions taken during the 2009 IPL season.
"I'm really happy with the verdict yesterday. It's really been a great day. Sixteen years I have fought and whatever I have been saying to the media and to everybody has finally emerged as the truth,"...