# Lalit Modi to return to India after tribunal scraps penalties 2026-08-16T08:36:51+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Lalit Modi, the former chairman of the Indian Premier League, says he is looking forward to returning to India after an appellate tribunal set aside penalties imposed on him and other former BCCI officials. The penalties were related to the IPL 2009 foreign-exchange case. The tribunal’s order provides legal relief to Modi, who had been living abroad. The case had involved allegations of foreign-exchange violations during the second season of the IPL, held in South Africa. The tribunal also set aside penalties on other former BCCI office-bearers. Modi has not given a specific date for his return. The BCCI has not commented on the tribunal’s decision yet. ## Coverage - cricinfo.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: BCCI, IPL, Lalit Modi Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/lalit-modi-to-return-to-india-after-tribunal-scraps-penalties/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/lalit-modi-to-return-to-india-after-tribunal-scraps-penalties/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/