Kolkata: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has sought legal opinion on the decision of the Delhi High Court appointed arbitrator to quash the five-year ban on all-rounder Ajay Jadeja. Describing the issue as "extremely sensitive" the Board president Jagmohan Dalmiya said the office bearers of BCCI would refrain from taking any decision unilaterally on the matter, which was being referred to the working committee. The Board's lawyers Harish Salve, Gopal Subramaniam and U N Banerjee were already examining the award, Dalmiya said. The BCCI would also seek the opinion of the members of the then disciplinary committee - the then president A C Muthiah and vice-president Kamal Morarka and K M Prasad - as well as the views of former Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) joint director K Madhavan, who had been appointed the code of conduct commissioner and had attended the arbitration proceedings. Confirming that the BCCI on Monday received the decision of a Delhi High Court appointed arbitrator, its president Jagmohan Dalmiya said, "BCCI is given to understand that the award will be enforceable only after 90 days from the date of receipt." He further said that in the interim period of three months, board would take various steps and "all the facts and reports would be placed before the working committee and its decision will be final". The arbitrator justice J K Mehra on Monday set aside the findings of the board's disciplinary committee and also the five-year ban imposed on Jadeja on December 5, 2000 allowing the flamboyant all-rounder to play both domestic and international cricket. Extras:
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