The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to appoint former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju as head of a four-member legal panel to interact with the Justice Lodha Committee has come in for severe criticism from Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma
Markandey Katju and Aditya Verma
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) decision to appoint former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju as head of a four-member legal panel to interact with the Justice Lodha Committee has come in for severe criticism from Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma.
Markandey Katju and Aditya Verma
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Verma termed the decision, taken during BCCI Emergent Working Committee meeting (which he called illegal), as "a disgusting step" and "contempt of court".
Talking to mid-day from Patna yesterday Verma said, "This is a disgusting step taken by BCCI and it's a contempt of court's order."
'What kind of advice?'
He added: "When the highest court of the nation has clearly instructed BCCI to implement all the recommendations made by a chief justice of the same court within four to six months I don't understand what kind of advice are they seeking from another chief justice now?
"By appointing Katju, the BCCI is actually showing their confrontational side. Everybody knows that a large number of BCCI officials don't want to leave their chairs, and so they are looking to prolong their tenure by entangling the issue in a legal mire," added Verma.
The CAB secretary, who is also fighting with BCCI for affiliation of his home state and opportunity for Bihar cricketers to play first-class cricket, has accused BCCI of displaying double standards.
"So many states in the country do not have a first-class team, in some cases there are teams but no infrastructure, but instead of addressing these issues at home, BCCI seems to be more interested in promoting cricket in USA," said Verma, who kicked off the battle against BCCI through his petition in the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal.
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