Supreme Court adjourns BCCI plea to amend structure

The Supreme Court Thursday adjourned by two weeks the listening to on a plea by the Indian cricket board in search of its permission to amend its structure.
A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Vineet Saran adjourned the matter after Senior Advocate P S Narasimha, appointed to help the courtroom as Amicus Curiae, informed the bench that he needed to compile among the submissions of legal professionals and wanted a while for this. The bench agreed and directed that the matter be listed after two weeks. The bench additionally directed that extra paperwork, if any, be additionally filed within the meantime.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India structure, drawn up based mostly on the Justice (retd) R M Lodha Committee suggestions, mandates a three-year cooling-off after six years within the place for an office-bearer—on the state stage or on the BCCI. The amendments sought by the BCCI embody the abolition of the cooling-off interval for office-bearers just like the president and secretary. This would allow the present chief Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to proceed in workplace as they’ve already accomplished six years in respective state associations.