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Upset, Lodha to move SC by tomorrow

Miffed by the attitude of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha committee has decided to file a status report before the Supreme Court, listing "impediments" faced since the apex court's order of July 18.

LOKENDRA PRATAP SAHI Published 27.09.16, 12:00 AM
Justice RM Lodha

Calcutta: Miffed by the attitude of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha committee has decided to file a status report before the Supreme Court, listing "impediments" faced since the apex court's order of July 18.

The Justice Lodha committee has the authority to oversee the implementation of the order, which has been based on the recommendations it tabled in the first week of January.

According to a source close to the Justice Lodha committee, the status report is certain to be filed by Wednesday.

The source told The Telegraph: "It may so happen that the status report gets filed on Tuesday itself, but Wednesday is more likely to be the chosen day."

Significantly, the Justice Lodha committee would list the impediments faced from immediately after the July 18 order.

Justice Lodha and his two colleagues have, obviously, not been impressed by the defiance shown by the Anurag Thakur-led Board.

The Board, though, cannot expect sympathy from the Supreme Court, which has already taken a dim view of how the 87-year-old institution functions.

Anurag and his core team should be prepared for the initiation of contempt proceedings.

Anurag Thakur

While on the Supreme Court, the Board's review petition against the July 18 order is still "under scrutiny" and not listed.

On Monday, the Justice Lodha committee met for around six hours, with the meeting ending at about 4.30 pm.

That the Board went ahead with decisions for 2016-17 at its AGM last week is, of course, the immediate provocation for the Justice Lodha committee.

After all, the Justice Lodha committee had directed the Board not to take up anything pertaining to 2016-17.

However, the directive wasn't really practical, for the Board couldn't have stopped functioning after September 21, when the AGM was held.

In fact, the ongoing Test series against New Zealand began the very next day. Also, going by the Board's existing constitution, a secretary had to be elected at the AGM.

From being a nominated secretary, Ajay Shirke is now an elected one, fulfilling a constitutional requirement.

The Board, for its part, insists it went ahead with what it terms "routine" agenda, arguing that it couldn't function in a vacuum.

An SGM has been called by the Board on September 30, the deadline set by the Justice Lodha committee for implementing the first lot of timelines.

There's little to suggest that the Board is on track to meet that first deadline.

Watch this space for much more on the confrontation of the present times.

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