JUDGMENT

H.L. Gokhale, J.

1. These three Special Leave Petitions seek to challenge three orders passed by three different benches of Bombay High Court, on the proceedings initiated by the Appellant against the first Respondent Board of Control for Cricket in India (hereinafter referred to either as `first Respondent' or the `BCCI').

2. The first Respondent is a society registered under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975. The Petitioner, herein, is a member of the first respondent representing one of its constituent associations. As a part of its activities, the first Respondent had organized a cricket competition under the banner `Indian Premier League' shortly known as (IPL), and the Petitioner was appointed as the incharge Chairman thereof. Considering the popularity of the game of cricket, these games were to be televised. Telecasting of these games was expected to fetch a good income to BCCI and the firm entrusted with the telecasting of these games, and therefore, the rights for telecasting were auctioned by first Respondent through a bidding process for an appropriate price.

3. In April 2010, the first Respondent received a complaint from a bidder alleging breach of