BCCI cannot escape Lodha reforms: SC dismisses their review petition
- The BCCI review on SC's order, which was passed on July 18, has been dismissed.
- BCCI has been refusing to implement Lodha reforms.
- SC appointed the Lodha Committee to bring in in transparency and accountability in the BCCI.
FollowBCCI and its senior lawyer, Kapil Sibal, faced a setback when their review on order passed on July 18 was dismissed.
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A bench comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur, AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud three months back accepted most of the Lodha reforms and had asked the controversies-ridden board to implement them.
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In awake to bring in transparency and accountability on the board, the Lodha Committee recommended numerous changes which were not plainly rejected by Anurag Thakur and Co.
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The reforms that BCCI have been against implementing are one vote per state, one person-one post, no government official in office, age cap for office-bearers, and the cooling-off period.
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The apex court was supposed to pass the final verdict on October 7 but then postponed it to October 17 due to Dussehra holidays. However, the BCCI sought a day's extension for convincing the state associations for applying the Lodha reforms.
