xtratime Logo

Fali Nariman & Gopal Subramanium appointed as Amicus Curiae to find out who would be the BCCI officials

[caption id="attachment_5014" align="alignnone" width="580"] BCCI President Anurag Thakur was removed from the post by Supreme Court on Monday.[/caption] Internet Desk: The Supreme Court on Monday removed Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke from the posts of BCCI President and Secretary respectively. The apex court has appointed Fali Nariman and senior Supreme Court lawyer Gopal Subramanium to find out who would be the next BCCI officials. A bench comprising Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that as an interim arrangement, the senior-most Vice President of the BCCI will act as the President and the Joint Secretary will act as the Secretary. The court said it will pass a separate order on January 19 for appointing the administrator. The bench also said that all the office bearers of the BCCI and its affiliate state units, who are in conflict with the recommendation of the Lodha committee, will demit office. The verdict is believed to have an impact on the future of India's cricket board as well as its top functionaries, including board president Anurag Thakur. The judges have also issued a contempt notice to Anurag Thakur, who is a BJP lawmaker. At its last hearing two weeks ago, the court has said Mr Thakur seemed to have "committed perjury" after it was informed that he had made a false statement on asking the International Cricket Council or ICC to clarify whether a recommendation made by the Lodha committee amounted to interference in the board's running. The Supreme Court had given the board time until December 3 to implement the reforms suggested by the Lodha panel. The board had pleaded that it could not implement all the reforms, which include large-scale structural and management changes. The Lodha Committee, headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha, was set up in January 2015 by the Supreme Court to suggest changes in the way the BCCI, the world's richest cricket board, is run. A visibly pleased Justice Lodha told the media, "If BCCI was reluctant to accept the Supreme Court's July order these consequences were bound to follow. I am sure the game of cricket will be governed as well as ever. The Supreme Court order should work as a template for other sports organisations too.” The Lodha committee had made recommendations in early 2016 which were approved in July by the Supreme Court.