NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has ordered elections to the scam tainted Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) be held within eight weeks, as per the recommendations of the the Supreme Court-approved Justice (retired) Rajendra Mal Lodha committee.
While accepting the Lodha reforms means the majority of the current office-bearers, including BCCI acting president CK Khanna, would be ineligible to contest, the two-member Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has also has also struck down the age-old system of proxy voting in DDCA elections.
This would have a far-reaching effect on the capital’s cricketing body, which has mostly remained the under the control of a cabal of office bearers for the last two decades.
The court has also drastically reduced the number of office-bearers, The Telegraph reports. Elections will be held for the posts of 16 directors, including five office-bearers. The court left provisions for one vice president and one joint secretary, president, secretary and treasurer.
