SC appoints 4-member panel to run BCCI affairs

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday appointed a four-member committee of administrators, headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Vinod Rai, to run the affairs of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.W. Chandrachud said the other members of the committee are historian Ramchandra Guha, managing director & CEO of Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) Vikram Limaye and former women’s cricket captain Diana Edulji. Meanwhile, Vinod Rai will now head the BCCI. The court also appointed a three-member committee comprising BCCI Joint Secretary Amitabh Choudhary, Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry and Limaye to represent the Indian cricket board at the three-day International Cricket Council (ICC) meet starting on February 2.

The court said CEO Rahul Johri will brief the Rai committee about the implementation or otherwise of the Justice Lodha Committee recommendations for organisational reforms in the BCCI. Earlier, the Amicus Curiae’s – Gopal Subramanian and Anil Diwan –  had submitted nine names to the Apex court for the appointment of administrators in the cricketing body.  The Apex Court had in its order had asked the BCCI to implement the Justice Lodha panel recommendations into the game. It had recommended a slew of majors in the gentleman’s game. Gavaskar: Pushing back hearing date of Lodha recommendations would harm IPL 9

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The Supreme Court last week sought response from the Centre on a petition seeking to form a Lodha Panel-like committee, in order to look into the irregularities in other sports across the country.

The new committee would look and probe if there is any kind of corruption and irregularities by anyone in any sport in the country.