Supreme Court has done its best to have the BCCI implement the Lodha panel's sweeping reforms, said the committee’s Chairman Justice (Retd) RM Lodha after the apex court asked the cricket Board to not disburse funds to its state until they abide by the recommendations
Lodha Panel chairman Justice (Retd) RM Lodha
New Delhi: Supreme Court has done its best to have the BCCI implement the Lodha panel’s sweeping reforms, said the committee’s Chairman Justice (Retd) RM Lodha after the apex court asked the cricket Board to not disburse funds to its state until they abide by the recommendations. "If the Supreme Court has done something, it must be for the implementation of its judgement on July 18. The court has done what it thought was best for having its order implemented. Let's see to what extent the order is carried out by the BCCI," Lodha said yesterday. Lodha said the committee remains open to talking to BCCI top-brass including Thakur to talk about the road ahead. “If he (Thakur) comes, we will definitely interact with him. As a matter of fact we had invited him on August 9 but he did not come,” he added.
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A bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur and comprising Justices DY Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao asked Lodha panel to appoint independent auditors to scrutinise all BCCI accounts. The judgement, which was pronounced by Justice DY Chandrachud, also directed the Lodha panel to ask the auditors to scrutinise the high-value contracts given by BCCI.
It directed the Lodha panel to fix a ceiling of high-value contracts of BCCI to be scrutinised by the auditors. The bench also asked the panel secretary to send a copy of the apex court order to the ICC chairman Shashank Manohar.
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