On Tuesday, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has registered its new constitution with the Registrar of Societies of Tamil Nadu in Chennai.
It happened after the latest Supreme Court verdict on Lodha committee reforms. In that verdict on August 9, SC has ordered the BCCI to register the new constitution within four weeks, after relaxing few of those reforms.
The BCCI release stated, “Pursuant to the order of the Honourable Supreme Court of India dated 9th August 2018, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), through its CEO Mr. Rahul Johri, on Tuesday registered its new constitution as approved and directed by the Honourable Supreme Court with the Registrar of Societies of Tamil Nadu at Chennai.”
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Meanwhile, the SC-appointed Committee of Administration (CoA) for BCCI, comprises of Chairman Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji, have also conducted a press release that said, “We thank the Honourable Supreme Court for their directions and are pleased to start the process today by the submission of the new constitution of the BCCI with the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies at Chennai. We are committed to implement the Supreme Court directive in its entirety. Now that constitution has been notified, we will be able to put a roadmap in place for the elections very soon.”
In the latest verdict, SC has ruled out the ‘one-state-one-vote policy’ recommendation in the new verdict. Also, in that verdict, Railways, Services and Universities have got back their permanent membership status and similarly Mumbai, Saurashtra, Vadodara and Vidarbha have also received the membership status.
SC has also defended the five-member selection committee and has ruled out Lodha Committee’s recommendation to decrease the number to three. It has further added that the eligibilities of the selection committee members have to be played a minimum – seven Tests or 30 first-class matches or 10 ODIs & 20 first-class matches.
In further, SC has also provided the relaxation in the ‘cooling-off period’ for every administration. While the proposal was the ‘cooling-off period’ has to activate after every three-year term of the total nine-year term, the new verdict has said that the ‘cooling-off period’ for every administration will be available after the six-year term.
