Plea seeking urgent hearing in BCCI case mentioned in SC

A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday for urgent hearing on the issue of changes in BCCI’s rules relating to the “cooling off” period for the president, secretary and other office bearers. A bench led by Chief Justice UU Lalit said that there is no such administrative directive yet and it will […]

A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday for urgent hearing on the issue of changes in BCCI’s rules relating to the “cooling off” period for the president, secretary and other office bearers. A bench led by Chief Justice UU Lalit said that there is no such administrative directive yet and it will see it on the issue of listing the matter.

On Friday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta made pointed to an intervening application in the BCCI case and urged the court to list it for next week’s hearing. He further informed the court of an order made by the previous Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, and the fact that a bench presided over by Justice DY Chandrachud would be hearing the case.

The plea seeking early listing was brought up before a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud, which asked the counsel to bring it up before the CJI bench for the constitution of the bench.

The top court announced on August 24 that a bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud will hear the case pertaining to BCCI administration, noting that he was a member of the bench that issued the earlier order in the case.

The BCCI had filed a petition asking for approval to change the rules governing the “cooling off” period for the president, secretary, and other officials. The appeal also asked for direction for the extension of the tenure of BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah. In 2020, the petition was submitted.

Earlier, BCCI filed a petition with the Supreme Court asking for an urgent hearing on a plea for permission to change six regulations in the board’s constitution.

AGM on December 1, 2019, the General Body of the BCCI suggested six amendments, one of which was to Rule 6 of the Constitution, which barred office bearers for the BCCI and state boards from serving for more than six years in a row.

The present regulations say that after serving a maximum of six years in office, anyone who has held a position in the BCCI, a state cricket organisation, or any combination of the two, must go through an obligatory “cooling off” period of three years.