It has been reported by the PTI that the Supreme Court of India will hear BCCI’s plea related to the constitutional amendments next week. The board wants to carry out a few amendments in its constitution, but they need the permission of the apex court for that.
The Lodha Committee set up by the Supreme Court had made a lot of changes to the old constitution of BCCI and a new constitution was drafted which is in effect at the moment. The new constitution has several points that BCCI wants to amend.
One of the points in the new constitution is about the cooling-off period of the administrators. Any administrator who has been in power for a period of six years, either in the BCCI or in a state association or in the BCCI and state association together, needs to have a cooling-off period of three years during which the administrator can’t hold any post.
This will be the most important point up for discussion in the Supreme Court, because if the cooling-off period is not withdrawn from the constitution and it remains as it is, then the current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and the current BCCI secretary Jay Shah can’t hold onto their posts after completing their current term.
Both Shah and Ganguly served as administrators in their state associations as well, which were Gujarat Cricket Association and Cricket Association of Bengal respectively and they have completed a 6-year term in the state association and BCCI together.
Jay Shah and Ganguly can continue if Supreme Court allows amendments in BCCI’s constitution
The president and the secretary can continue if the Supreme Court allows constitutional amendments and the mandatory cooling-off period is withdrawn from the current BCCI constitution which was drafted by the Lodha Committee.
BCCI wants to make some other constitutional amendments as well, but the cooling-off period is the most important constitutional amendment among all the amendments desired by the board.
