Replace BCCI Top Brass, Lodha Panel Urges Supreme Court
The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Panel has urged the court to remove top officials from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) including its chief Anurag Thakur for undermining the panel and not complying with its order.
The panel has told the court that the Chief Justice of India-led bench's verdict on reforms in the BCCI is being “disregarded” and not complied with.
Secretary of the Justice Lodha Committee and advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that they have submitted the report and are seeking replacement of the cricket board's top management along with cricket administrators. Most of the emails and directions issued by the panel for compliance of court's orders have not received any response from the present BCCI management, he said.
While the Office Bearers of the BCCI gave assurances to the SC Committee that they would cooperate with the Committee towards fulfilling the directions of this Hon'ble Court (subject to any modification or review), the events over the past weeks have shown that this is not the case. Directions of this Hon'ble Court have been ignored, actions have been taken to present a fait accompli to the Committee, the directives of the Committee have been breached, and member associations have not been duly intimated about the directions. BCCI has repeatedly taken steps to undermine the Committee and this Hon'ble Court, with several statements and actions which are grossly out of order and would even constitute contempt.Justice Lodha Committee's September Status Report In Supreme Court
The Chief Justice of India pulled up the BCCI and observed, “BCCI is bringing the system to disrepute by not following the directions...law cannot be defied...You will have to fall in line with the directions of the court.”
The panel has also hit out at the BCCI for accepting the interim report by former Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju. The former Supreme Court judge, in a report submitted to the BCCI in August as their legal adviser, called the ruling ‘unconstitutional'. Justice Katju had blamed the Lodha panel for “overstepping” and being “populist”.
Lodha Committee has run amuck in the missionary zeal of a Crusader brushing aside all laws and rules to fulfil its holy aim and obtaining the Holy GrailJustice Markandey Katju's Report to BCCI on August 6
The panel has said in its report that derogatory remarks were made by Justice Katju during a press briefing against the judiciary and the panel. The report highlights that Anurag Thakur, BCCI's president, has not responded to emails sent for his personal appearance before the panel on September 9.
“He (Anurag Thakur) has requested the ICC (I) to issue a letter stating that this committee amounts to governmental interference,” states the panel's report adding that the conduct of BCCI's office bearers has created serious impediments in implementation of the Supreme Court order on reforms.
Justice Lodha panel has also accused the BCCI of not complying with its directions of discussing only “routine matters” during the board's August annual general meeting. “The committee was not informed about the minutes of the AGM meeting. Decisions taken during the meeting are in violating of orders and frustrates implementation of court's orders,” the panel report stated.
The BCCI has time till October 6 to respond to the top court on the conduct of top officials and non-compliance with court orders.
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