SC raps BCCI on Lodha panel, asks to ensure reforms in administration

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear to the Board of Control for Cricket in India that the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee to ensure reforms in the administration of cricket cannot be frustrated by raising objections.

A bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifu-lla is hearing a batch of petitions from the BCCI and state cricket associations opposing implementation of the Lodha report.

The CJI told counsel for parties the recommendations were aimed at ensuring transparency, objectivity and accountability, which cannot be stifled or frustrated by the board or any other person.

He said the “one state one vote” principle was in no way violative of Article 19(1)(c) which guaranteed every citizen a fundamental right to form an association.