Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Thursday took note of conflicting claims made by the office-bearers of Hyderabad Cricket Association who were elected in 2014 regarding the alleged amendments to its bylaws.
A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice Shameem Akhter was hearing a PIL by M. Govinda Reddy, an advocate of the city, seeking to direct the HCA to implement the recommendation of Justice Lodha Committee.
Counsel appearing for the BCCI brought to the notice of the bench that Board’s Delhi office had received a message from John Manoj, secretary of the HCA on Thursday about the general body resolution and the amendments to the bylaws in conformity with the recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee.
He said that this was contradictory to the statement made by counsel for Mr Manoj before the court on Wednesday. Counsel for the ad-hoc committee of the HCA submitted that the approval from the Registrar of Societies was must to enforce the amended bylaws.
He reminded that the proposed amendment adopted by the committee that was elected in the 2014, was rejected by the registrar and therefore the ad-hoc committee alone can assist the observer.
Reacting to the submissions, the bench said that it has taken note of the conflicting statements. Counsel for in-charge president of the HCA proposed the names of former judges of Supreme Court, Justices Jagannadha Rao, B.P. Jeevan Reddy and P. Venkartrami Reddy for appointment as administrator.
Advocates representing the committee elected in 2014 explained that the alleged irregularities mentioned by the BCCI were aberrations and the Indo-Bangladesh match went on well.
The bench told counsels for the parties in the plea to address the application by the BCCI requesting the court to appoint an administrator or observer to facilitate smooth functioning of the forthcoming IPL matches. The bench posted the case to Monday for the concluding arguments.
