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BCCI’s hour of reckoning in the Supreme Court
- Updated: October 5, 2016
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of India will hear the BCCI’s response to the Lodha Committee’s status report, which had recommended that the board’s top officials – the president, secretary, joint secretary and treasurer – be “superseded” with “immediate effect” and replaced by a panel of administrators. The Committee said that such a step was necessary because the BCCI had failed to put in place recommendations passed by the Supreme Court by the September 30 deadline.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India TS Thakur, who had approved the majority of the Lodha report’s recommendations in a court order on July 18, will hear the BCCI’s response and decide on the status report. The following are the key points of the issue:
Why was a status report presented in the Supreme Court? While passing the order on July 18, the Supreme Court had asked the BCCI to follow the directives of the Lodha Committee, which was put in charge of overseeing the process of overhauling the governance structure of the board. “Should any impediments arise, the Committee shall be free to seek appropriate directions from this Court by filing a status report in that regard,” the order stated. RM Lodha, the chairman of the Lodha Committee, and a former Chief Justice of India, said his team had faced “serious impediments” in dealing with the BCCI and elaborated on the same in the status report.
What were the impediments? The Lodha Committee said the BCCI had not complied with as many as seven timelines by the deadline of September 30. The board had not accepted the fresh Memorandum of Association and rules and regulations, which would have been an indicator of the BCCI deciding to implement the recommendations.
Lodha also said the BCCI had breached the committee’s directive by taking decisions concerning the future at its annual general meeting on September 21. The Committee had instructed the BCCI chief executive Rahul Johri to restrict the agenda of the AGM to “routine” decisions.
What else did the BCCI do to draw such flak? According to Lodha, several …
