Supreme Court approves of Lodha panel recommendations with alterations

On Thursday, the Supreme Court accepted some of the major recommendations put up by the Justice Lodha panel regarding the reforms in cricket administration in the country with some modifications. The decision by the court has provided relief to BCCI after relaxing the recommendations of ‘One State, One Vote’ policy along with the interpretations of the cooling-off period for the board office bearers.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra stated that instead of having a full membership right on a rotational basis, three major associations from both Maharashtra and Gujarat will be considered as full members individually.

Gujarat will have Gujarat Cricket Association, Saurashtra Cricket Association and Baroda Cricket Association whereas Maharashtra will have Maharashtra Cricket Association, Mumbai Cricket Association and Vidarbha Cricket Association as full members. These members will now have voting rights with a right to participate in the AGM.

Besides, Railways, Services and Associate of Universities were also given full membership by the Supreme Court. The decision was made as the associations were more than a hundred years old with immense contribution to the game.

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The associations with the support of BCCI had repeatedly demanded of voting rights and complained that they were devoid of the rights despite their contribution to the game.

While approving the draft Constitution of the BCCI, the bench also diluted the norm over the cooling off period. As an alternative, the court said that instead of conducting a three-year cooling off period after every term, the stipulation will take effect after two consecutive terms. The court directed the associations to take the constitutions into implementation.

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BCCI will have to get the constitution registered within four weeks with the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies and members will have to comply for the same in 30 days.