Supreme Court bars Srinivasan, Niranjan Shah from BCCI meet
The Supreme Court barred on Monday former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bosses N Srinivasan and Niranjan Shah from attending a special general meeting on July 26 as nominees of their respective state associations.
The court said only current office-bearers will be allowed to attend board meetings.
The directive shut the door on Srinivasan, former BCCI president and Tamil Nadu cricket supremo, and Shah, former board secretary and long-time chief of the Saurashtra unit, who had been representing their states in the meetings.
The two had been flouting rules laid down by the Justice RM Lodha panel on officials’ tenure and age caps.
The committee of administrators (CoA), headed by Vinod Rai, earlier this month brought this to the notice of the apex court which sought a reply from the duo.
The committee contended that they were obstructing the implementation of the recommendations of the Lodha panel.
“The SGM held on June 26 was manifestly disruptive... The SGM on June 26 was attended by various persons who are disqualified from being office-bearers of the BCCI and/or their respective state/member associations including N Srinivasan (representing TNCA) and Niranjan Shah (Saurashtra CA) amongst others,” the CoA’s report had stated.
The court, however, gave some respite to West Zone state associations as it expressed willingness to reassess the ‘One State, One Vote’ policy. It also said it was open to increasing the number of selectors from the present three as was suggested by the Lodha panel.