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Supreme Court bench dismisses BCCI review petition
- Updated: October 18, 2016
A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court has dismissed the review petition filed by the BCCI in August challenging the July 18 order which approved the recommendations of the Lodha Committee. The decision was taken on Tuesday by a two-judge bench comprising TS Thakur, the Chief Justice of India, and Justice SA Bobde behind closed doors.
In the review plea, BCCI had called the court order “unreasoned”. It also accused Chief Justice Thakur, who was part of the two-judge bench that passed the July 18 order, of having a “prejudiced” approach and said he should “recuse” himself.
The BCCI had asked for an open court hearing, but Tuesday’s hearing was held behind closed doors with even the parties involved in the case not allowed to be present.
“The matter is still being heard so it is not a setback,” Ajay Shirke, the BCCI secretary, said.
According to Shirke, the BCCI will now file a curative petition against today’s court decision. A curative petition is once again held in the judges’ chamber and the bench usually comprises at least three judges. The BCCI has already filed a curative petition that is pending in the court pertaining to its objection to the setting up of the Lodha Committee last year.
Today’s development further hurts the BCCI position. On Monday, a three-judge bench of the court reserved its order on the status report filed by the Lodha …
