NZ judge Hansen to chair Harbhajan's appeal

[The Outsider]

http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ausvind/content/current/story/330100.html

New Zealand judge John Hansen has been appointed commissioner for Harbhajan Singh's appeal against the finding that he was guilty of making racist comments during the second Test against Australia at Sydney. Justice Hansen is a High Court Judge and is New Zealand Cricket's appointee on the ICC's Code of Conduct Commission. Harbhajan was given a three-Test ban after the commission upheld a complaint from Ricky Ponting that he insulted allrounder Andrew Symonds by calling him a "monkey". The finding and sanction enraged the Indians, who were already upset by several umpiring decisions that went against them in the Test which they narrowly lost to go down 0-2 in the four-Test series. The ICC said it had received official notification of the appeal from the Indian board on Monday and appointed Justice Hansen in line with ICC Code of Conduct processes. No time, date or venue for the appeal have yet been fixed, but an ICC release said the process "indicates that the appeal should be heard within seven days of the commissioner being appointed." This time period, it added, may be extended depending on circumstances. In the meantime, Harbhajan may continue to play pending the verdict of the appeal being given. The BCCI announced late Tuesday that the tour in Australia would go ahead.

[kumble_rocks]

Is it really necessary to get a high court judge to resolve primarily a he said , she said issue ... I say ICC is wasting fan's money . These judges charge top dollars ...

[Guest dada_rocks]

I want retired justice Malik Qayoom from great land of pakistan to resolve this.