XtraTime Web Desk: The Supreme Court is set to hear Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) plea to modify its constitution on Wednesday. The board in its plea has requested the apex court to consider modifying its constitution to enable President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah to continue office instead of going for a mandatory cooling off period.
According to thevexisting rule laid down after Lodha committee recommendations, Shah has to vacate office by the end of June while Ganguly’s tenure would come to an end by the end of July.
In the civil appeal filed on April 21, the BCCI, among other requests, asked the Supreme Court to separate the tenures of office-bearers of the BCCI and the state associations before serving mandatory cooling-off periods. The BCCI has also requested the apex court to do away with a clause allowing any amendment to the BCCI constitution only with the Supreme Court’s approval.