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- The Madras High Court has directed its Registry to number three applications by retired IPS officer G.
- Sampath Kumar seeking video recording of cricketer M.S.
- Dhoni's evidence in a ₹100-crore defamation suit Dhoni filed in 2014 over his name being dragged into the 2013 IPL betting scam.
- The applications seek a judicial officer to monitor the recording, video recording of the entire proceedings with certified unedited copies, and that the recording take place on court or government premises rather than a private venue.
- Dhoni will be allowed to file a counter affidavit once the applications are numbered.
- Trial had been ordered in August 2025 through a court-appointed advocate commissioner, a decision upheld by a Division Bench in November 2025.
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- Dhoni's counter affidavit in response to the three applications once numbered
- The court's decision on the maintainability and merits of the video recording requests
- Progress of the recording of Dhoni's evidence by the advocate commissioner
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G. Sampath Kumar's counsel
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“Just because he is a cricketer, the evidence should not be recorded in a five star hotel or some private bungalow”
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…of the video recording must be issued to him as well as the judicial officer to be appointed by the court. Thirdly, he wanted the recording of evidence to take place in a court premises or any government building.“ Just because he is a cricketer, the evidence should not be recorded in a five star hotel or some private bungalow ,” the applicant’s counsel said. On August 11, 2025 Justice C.V. Karthikeyan had ordered commencement of trial in the 2014 civil suit by appointing advocate G. Jayasri as a court appointed commissioner to record the…
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Named India · IN-TN · News Nation Network Private Limited · Sudhir Chaudhary · Zee Media Corporation · C.V. Karthikeyan · G. Jayasri · G. Sampath Kumar · K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi · Madras High Court · Mahendra Singh Dhoni · Mohammed Shaffiq · SM Subramaniam
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