IN early July 1997 I received a letter dated July 3, 1997, from Y.V. Chandrachud, former chief justice of India. In this letter I was asked two questions: whether international cricket matches played by the Indian team were fixed; and whether there is betting on the result of such matches, and if so, whether members of the Indian team are involved in the betting? In this letter I was also requested to meet Shri Chandrachud at 3 pm on Monday, July 7, 1997. After receiving this letter, I rang him up at his residence in Mumbai and made a request to him to postpone the meeting till evening, which he readily acceded to.