MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has accepted the names of retired judges – H L Gokhale and V M Kanade – for appointment as administrators of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to regulate the functioning of the state cricket body, PTI reports.
A Bench of Justices Shantanu Kemkar and MS Karnik said that the administrators can take the assistance of experts, or the existing members of the MCA, who hold office in accordance with the Supreme Court order, if they so desire.
While Justice Gokhale is a former Supreme Court judge, Justice Kanade is a retired Bombay High Court judge.
The Bench passed a detailed order on the matter Thursday.
However, the court permitted the MCA’s managing committee to complete the pending formalities, including the signing of the contract with the Mumbai Indians team, for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).
On Tuesday, while hearing a writ petition seeking, among other things, that the MCA’s managing committee be dissolved, the HC had directed the state cricket body and the petitioner to submit names of one or more retired judges of the Supreme Court, or the Bombay High Court, who could be appointed as administrators to manage its affairs.
