BCCI moves SC seeking review of its verdict on recommendations of Lodha panel

The BCCI has moved Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict in which it had accepted most of the recommendations of the RM Lodha panel on reforms in the cricketing body.  The Board of Control for Cricket in India filed a review petition terming the court's last month's judgment unreasoned.  It said, the judgment seeks to frame legislative measures for a private autonomous society in a field already occupied by legislations, both parliamentary and state. 

The Cricket body said, the judgment was unconstitutional and contrary to many binding precedents of the apex court and adversely affects and nullifies the fundamental rights granted to citizens.

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aspect of the petition, which also demanded an open court hearing, is the plea for recusal of the Chief Justice of India from hearing. It said, there has been a prejudiced approach against the BCCI. On the 18th of last month, the apex court had accepted major recommendations of the committee, headed by retired Chief Justice of India Justice RM Lodha, on reforms in the BCCI.

The recommendations include a bar on ministers, civil servants and those above 70 from becoming its members. 

The court, however, had left it to Parliament to decide whether it should come under the Right to Information Act and whether betting on the game should be legalised.