D-Day For Sourav Ganguly And BCCI As Supreme Court To Hear Extension Plea On Wednesday

This hearing comes exactly five days before Ganguly tenure as BCCI president comes to an end even as Jay Shah tenure is already over.

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New Delhi: It will be D Day for Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah as finally the Supreme Court will take up the matter seeking modifications to Lodha reforms, extension of tenures for both president and secretary and rules for sending representatives to the ICC. The matter has been put up at the Chief Justice bench along with justice L Nageshwar Rao,which had been hearing this petition since the last year. This hearing comes exactly five days before Ganguly tenure as BCCI president comes to an end even as Jay Shah tenure is already over. The BCCI would have then stared at a constitution crisis with the vice-president, CEO and GM cricket who had all resigned. There are several applications pending before the court, including representations from state associations but a separate plea has also been filed seeking extension of tenures on an interim basis. With a whole lot of applications pending on the same matter, it is unlikely much will come out of it but remains to be seen if the top court grants the BCCI interim relief for their top two, especially in view of the BCCI now planning for the IPL and also the impending ICC elections. As the cricketing board has filed a prayer in the Supreme Court about modifying its previous order that will effectively suit Shah and Ganguly to continue in office at least till October 2022, Shah has continued to serve as Secretary pending appeal to the court. As per the Lodha reforms, the BCCI has to take permission from the SC to make any modifications in their constitution. ALSO READ | Indian Cricket Team Likely To Undergo 14-Day Quarantine At Adelaide Oval Ahead Of Test Series Against Australia: Report As per the current constitution, which is approved by the Supreme Court, an office-bearer who has served two three-year terms, either at the BCCI or at the state association, goes into a compulsory three-year cooling-off period. The current dispensation wants that period to kick in only after the individual has finished two terms (six years), at the board and state association separately. If passed with a three-fourth majority, it will effectively extend the tenure of Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah, respectively.