Earlier, the top court accepted the BCCI reform recommendations made by the committee headed by Justice R. M. Lodha.
Digital Desk: The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would hear the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) request for permission to modify its constitution regarding the terms of its office bearers, including the President and Secretary, on September 13.
By eliminating the cooling-off period for its office holders, the BCCI hopes to allow Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah to continue serving as president and secretary of their respective state cricket organisations after serving for six years each.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was representing the BCCI, was informed by a bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli that the subject and other issues pertaining to the operation of the cricket board would be discussed on Tuesday afternoon.
After senior advocate PS Narasimha was elevated to the position of a top court judge, the top court asked senior advocate Maninder Singh, who had been appointed amicus curiae in the case, to compile all of the intervention applications and present them to the court so that it could get a quick overview of the issues.
Aditya Verma, the original petitioner who first filed the matter before the highest court, personally went there and said that there are numerous irregularities occurring in the Bihar Cricket Association and that its constitution is being amended without the permission of the court.
Mehta had previously informed the court that the cricket governing body had filed an application because, in accordance with past rulings, the constitution could only be changed with the permission of the court.
By eliminating the required cooling-off period between office-bearer tenures among state cricket organisations and the BCCI, the BCCI is attempting to modify its constitution with regard to the terms of its office bearers, including President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah.
Earlier, the top court accepted the BCCI reform recommendations made by the committee headed by Justice R. M. Lodha.
Anyone who has served two consecutive terms of three years in the state cricket association or the BCCI is required to serve a three-year cooling-off period under the BCCI constitution, which has been ratified by the highest court.
Shah had previously worked for the Gujarat Cricket Association, whereas Ganguly was an office bearer for the Cricket Association of Bengal.
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