The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an order of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) that had directed United India Insurance Co. Ltd to pay ₹82.80 lakh to Royal Multisport Pvt Ltd, the parent company of IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, over a claim related to cricketer S Sreesanth’s knee injury during the 2012 IPL season.

A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the interim order while hearing the insurer’s plea challenging the NCDRC’s April 2024 direction. “He (Sreesanth) did not play for a single day (in IPL 2012),” the bench remarked during the hearing. It added, “Till further orders, the effect and operation of the impugned order shall remain stayed,” and posted the matter for further hearing.

In March 2012, Royal Multisport Pvt Ltd contracted pl

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