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CAB files contempt plea against BCCI heads, Katju in Supreme Court
- Updated: August 17, 2016
The Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) has submitted a plea to the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against BCCI president Anurag Thakur, secretary Ajay Shirke and former judge Markandey Katju for their “vilification campaign” against the Supreme Court. CAB secretary Aditya Verma’s plea comes a day after the BCCI filed a petition seeking a review of the Supreme Court’s verdict in which most of the Lodha Committee’s recommendations had been approved. It is understood that Verma’s petition is likely to be heard next week.
Verma alleged that Thakur, Shirke and Katju, appointed to counsel the BCCI on the Supreme Court verdict, were trying to stonewall the reforms. He contended there was an attempt at “scandalising the Court and lowering its dignity in the eyes of the public at large and which would also amount to a direct interference in the administration of justice.”
“That the intentions of the BCCI officers are mala fide is evident from the media campaign that is being carried out at their behest,” Verma stated in his …
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