Supreme Court to reject persons over 70 years for BCCI administrator

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected all the names suggested by the Board of Control for Cricket in India for administrators. The apex court allowed them to provide suggestions for an interim panel to run the game in India, reports ANI.

While dismissing the names the court said that any individual above the age of 70 will not be appointed at BCCI administrators.

However, the Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi opposed the appointment of BCCI administrators and asked the SC to delay the decision by two weeks.

The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a petition seeking to form a Lodha Panel-like committee, in order to look into the irregularities in other sports across the country.

The petition, which was heard by a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, sought the intervention of the Supreme Court for a direction to the Center to constitute a Lodha Panel-like committee.

The new committee would look and probe if there is any kind of corruption and irregularities by anyone in any sport in the country.

Following allegations of corruption, match fixing and betting scandals in cricket in the country, the Supreme Court of India appointed a three-panel member led by Justice RM Lodha in January 2015 to look into the functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India ( BCCI) and suggest reforms.