BCCI under immense pressure from Supreme Court
Oct 6, 2016 at 4:47 PM
The ongoing tussle between the Supreme Court appointed Lodha Committee and the BCCI have intensified after the SC has put the BCCI in a situation of immense pressure. With the Lodha Committee passing out several severe guidelines against the regular functioning of the BCCI over its affairs, the world’s richest cricketing body is in absolutely no mood to oblige to the recommendations.
In what can be termed as a clear ultimatum to the BCCI, the Supreme Court said that it would give the board, just one day to bow down to the recommendations or else it would have to face the stringent orders of the court. This is bound to adversely affect any ambitions of Anurag Thakur, President of the BCCI, who recently found some support in former cricketers such as Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri.
The Supreme Court had recently alleged that due to BCCI’s functioning, the sport as a whole within India was being monopolized, where not all aspiring individuals were given equal chances. “Several youngsters in the country want to make their career in cricket and want to be Dhonis and Kohlis due to the glamour and glitz associated with it,” Chief Justice TS Thakur said. “They do not get an equal opportunity if they are not on the right side of the BCCI. Sometimes they are prevented by the people at the helm of affairs.”
Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla also severely lashed out against the BCCI for their way of running the game in India. Kalifulla went on to quote the BCCI as a “prohibitory” regime. “BCCI are running a prohibitory regime which is spread across the country,” he said. “If a player has to play cricket he has to be with you. You have complete monopoly. You have monopoly over members and you prevent people from becoming members.”
Advocate Arvind Dattar, speaking on behalf of the BCCI, said that the recommendations would create further issues for the board.”The recommendation will create inequality rather than equality. It will promote inequality among equals,” he said. “When ICC accepts the principle of one country-one vote irrespective of population, then why can’t the similar formula of one state-one vote work for BCCI. It will result in equality to play cricket,” he added.
SC likely to pass order tomorrow if BCCI fails to furnish an unconditional undertaking to abide by Lodha recommendations. @livemint
— priyanka mittal (@pmittal88) October 6, 2016