New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea for early hearing of an application seeking forthwith enforcement of the recommendations made by Justice R.M. Lodha panel to ensure transparency in the working of the BCCI.
A bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice R. Banumathi told counsel Amit Pai, appearing for Aditya Verma, that it would examine the plea for early enforcement of the January 4 recommendations made by the Supreme Court appointed Lodha panel.
The Justice Lodha committee has recommended sweeping reforms in the functioning of the BCCI. While suggesting that betting in cricket and other sports be legalised, the panel barred Ministers and government servants from holding the post of any office-bearer in the BCCI and also introduced the concept of ‘one person, one post’ in the administration.
It said the Supreme Court has left us in no doubt about its grave concern about the place at which Indian cricket finds itself today.
The “cloud over the working of the BCCI” has left followers of the game worried.
The panel said “Cricket is a national sport that connects the people of India in a unique way. The BCCI which administers the game in the nation, however, continues to be mired in one controversy after another.”
