Lodha panel says no BCCI office-bearer should be a minister or a govt servant, while also disallowing office-bearers to have more than two consecutive terms
The apex court-appointed Justice R.M. Lodha panel, which had earlier suggested suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for two years from participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL), on Monday submitted the second part of its report to the Supreme Court registry on reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Following are the key recommendations made by the Lodha panel regarding the functioning of BCCI:
-- No BCCI office-bearer can be minister or government servant.
-- No BCCI office-bearer can have more than two consecutive terms.
-- No BCCI office-bearer can hold office for more than 3 terms with the rider that there will be a cooling off after each term.
-- No BCCI office-bearer can hold two posts at the same same time.
-- Only one association of each state will be full member and have the right to vote.
-- Relegation of railways, services and universities as associate members. This makes them lose their voting rights.
-- Separate governing bodies for IPL and BCCI.
-- Limited autonomy for IPL governing council.
-- Constitution and establishment of a players’ association.
-- Formation of a steering committee headed by former home secretary G.K. Pillai with Mohinder Amarnath, Diana Eduljee and Anil Kumble as members.
-- Ethics officer to decide on conflict of interest.
The report will be considered by the bench headed by Chief Justice T.S. Thakur at a later stage. The panel’s report was submitted by advocate Gopal Shankar Narayan to the Supreme Court registry.
Earlier, the panel had suspended star-studded Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the most successful team of IPL, and Rajasthan Royals for two years from the League in a clean up of cricket following the 2013 betting scam involving their top officials Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra. Son-in-law of the then BCCI chief N. Srinivasan, Gurunath Meiyappan, a former team principal of India Cements Ltd (ICL)-owned franchise CSK and Kundra, co-owner of Jaipur IPL that runs Rajasthan Royals (RR), were suspended for life from any matches conducted by BCCI.
