Chennai, Feb. 12 -- The Madras High Court on Thursday directed iconic cricketer M.S. Dhoni to pay Rs.10 lakh towards thecharges for transcribing and translating the contents of the CDs involved in a Rs. 100 crore defamation suit filed by him overallegedly defamatory content in connection with the 2013 IPL betting scandal.
Ms Justice R.N. Manjula issued the directive to Dhoni on the defamatory suit filed by him to pay the charges by March 12 andposted the case to that date for further hearing.
The former Indian skipper had filed the civil defamation suit in 2014 against Private Media, Tamil Nadu Police officer SampathKumar and others over alleged malicious statements claiming that he was involved in betting and match-fixing in IPL matchesi...