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SC dumps ‘one state, one vote’ policy, relaxes cooling-off period rule for BCCI officials

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The apex court also granted permanent membership to the cricket associations of Mumbai, Saurashtra, Vadodara and Vidarbha.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday modified its earlier order on the ‘one state, one vote’ policy for Board for Control of Cricket of India (BCCI) members, two years after it was announced as part of the sweeping recommendations of the Justice R.M. Lodha-led panel to reform cricket administration.

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra approved the draft constitution of the BCCI — barring slight modifications — and directed its registration within four weeks.


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The court also granted permanent membership to the cricket associations of Mumbai, Saurashtra, Vadodara and Vidarbha. Further, the court restored permanent membership of railways, services and varsities.

Besides, the court upheld the ‘cooling-off period’ for officials in administrative positions. However, it held that the cooling-off period will kick in only after two consecutive terms. As a result, an official will have to take a break after six years and not three as earlier mandated.

The court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) will help with the transition and implementation of BCCI’s constitution. State cricketing bodies are expected to amend their constitutions to comply with that of the apex body.

On 5 July, a bench comprising Dipak Misra along with justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud had reserved their order on the limited issue of two key reforms suggested by the Lodha Committee.

Lodha panel

On 18 July, 2016, the Supreme Court had accepted reforms proposed by former apex court judge R.M. Lodha to overhaul the system and weed out corruption from the cricketing body. The report had stressed on various clauses, including an age limit.


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Earlier in May, the top court had agreed to reconsider the ‘one state, one vote’ mandate as recommended by the Lodha Committee. It had also agreed to look at the cooling-off period for officials after each term. The bench, while reserving its order earlier, added that once the BCCI constitution was finalised, state cricketing associations would have to fine-tune their respective constitutions accordingly.

State cricketing bodies from Tamil Nadu, along with Maharashtra and Haryana had strenuously objected to the cooling-off period recommendation. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association had submitted that any interruption would break the rhythm and experience of an administrator. It further submitted that it would be detrimental if a person’s tenure amounted to a ‘start-stop-start-stop’ phenomenon.

With inputs from PTI

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