|| India Correspondent ||
BCCI [Board of Control for Cricket in India] has finally accepted and registered the Supreme Court’s modified draft constitution. The registration was done with Registrar of Societies of Tamil Nadu at Chennai.
The Supreme Court asked the BCCI to register the reformed draft under four weeks after they made some glaring changes regarding some specific rules. One of the notable modifications done to the original draft is the fact that the ‘one state one vote’ rule does not exist anymore. This decision will have a major positive impact amongst states such as Maharashtra (Maharashtra, Mumbai and Vidarbha) and Gujarat (Gujarat, Saurashtra and Baroda), as their powers would have considerably reduced had this rule come into effect.
The board changed the rule regarding the cooling off period for office bearers. They can now serve two continuous terms under the tweaked terms too. Accordingly, the selection committee would not be expanded from the currently set number of three members.
Speaking on this development, CoA chairman Vinod Rai said, “We thank the Honorable Supreme Court for their directions and are pleased to start the process today by the submission of the new constitution of the BCCI with the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies at Chennai. We are committed to implement the Supreme Court directive in its entirety.”
A statement from BCCI read, “Pursuant to the order of the Honorable Supreme Court of India dated 9th August 2018, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), through its CEO Mr. Rahul Johri, today registered its new constitution as approved and directed by the Honorable Supreme Court with the Registrar of Societies of Tamil Nadu at Chennai.”
“We thank the Honorable Supreme Court for their directions and are pleased to start the process today by the submission of the new constitution of the BCCI with the Tamil Nadu Registrar of Societies at Chennai. We are committed to implement the Supreme Court directive in its entirety,” it added.
