A lower court in Vadodara ruled against the Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) in a case related to a returned cheque worth ₹8.22 crore from a broker.

A land deal was made to build a cricket stadium in Sankarda between the BCA and a land broker. The cheque was given by the land broker and was returned after the deal was cancelled.

In the judgement, the court noted that BCA is a registered trust but there has been no change in the names of trustees since 1995 till date. The cheque return complaint was initially lodged by BCA Honorary Secretary Anshuman Gaikwad. After which Amul Jikar was the new authorised signatory. Both of these are not trustees of BCA. So the original complaint itself does not stand.

The BCA was given a deal of 63 acres of land to build a cricket stadium at Sankarda in 2007. The deal was done through land broker Arvind Jani.

It was agreed by the BCA that all the responsibility up to possession of the land would be held by Arivand Jani. ₹4.11 crore was paid by the BCA for the deal.

However, the deal was cancelled by BCA in 2013 after land acquisition and NA operations stalled and a new MoU was signed between Jani and BCA.

According to this, Jani was to pay ₹8.22 crore to BCA with interest. Accordingly, a cheque return complaint was filed by BCA on July 11, 2014, after the cheque from Jani was returned.