The Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee on Tuesday gave the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) time till October 15 to comply with its proposals regarding constitutional reforms.
The Board is also expected to submit a compliance report on the implementation of reforms by August 25.
An apex court Bench headed by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur had upheld Lodha Committee recommendations such as an age cap of 70 for BCCI office-bearers, cooling-off period, one State-one vote and ban on Ministers and bureaucrats. All these recommendations were strongly objected to by the cricket body and member State associations in the apex court.
Justice Katju >presented and interim report to the BCCI on Sunday in New Delhi. The former Supreme Court judge lashed out at the Supreme Court and its committee, saying their intention to clean up cricket may be good, but it cannot be done by “throwing the law to the winds.”
Justice Katju, appointed by the BCCI to head a four-member panel to “advise and guide” it on the July 18 Supreme Court verdict, asking the BCCI to implement the Lodha Committee’s recommendations in six months to overhaul the cricket body to usher in accountability, declared that the judgment itself was unconstitutional.
