NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, in its order issued on Friday, confined the disqualification rules under the Lodha Committee reforms for the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) member associations to office-bearers only, clarifying the status of managing committee members elected by these bodies.
The order issued by the Bench comprising Justices Sharad Bobde and L Nageswara Rao, has cleared the way for the participation of all state units in the BCCI elections.
The apex courts edict essentially nullifes directions issued on August 27 and September 16 by the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA), specifying the cooling off period (6 years) and total tenure (9 years) will apply to committee members as well.
The downside of the order is that powerful figures in state units may choose to stay in their apex councils as elected members to influence decisions without becoming an office-bearer. Considering the state of governance in Indian sports bodies, SportzPower expects this to be the norm in pretty much all state associations, with a few honourable exceptions.
