Law Minister Kapil Sibal spells out a plan to deal with fixing laws. Here's what he said:

"We have come across dishonest practices in many sports, especially cricket. The Union government has the power to make the law deal with unfair practices. Fixing is not covered by laws against gambling and betting." 

Sibal said he was waiting for the attorney general's opinion. "We will bring a new standalone law at the earliest; it will be broad based and deal with corporates, bookies and players."

"A law has been planned against dishonest practices in any sport. This law will not be restricted to cricket alone. The government is committed to introduce this law as soon as possible," he said.

Sibail said that the law under fixing does not come under states. "You can do so much even with gestures on the field etc, so law must be wide enough to include all of this in its ambit. I expect the BCCI to do whatever it can to restrict unfair practices," he said.

"I have met (IPL chairman) Rajeev Shukla and (Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha) Arun Jaitley yesterday. All agreed that to control dishonest practices is to have a stand alone legislation. Jaitley added that states cannot make this due to the cross territories nature."