Anurag Thakur committed perjury, suggests SC. Image Source: XtraTime[/caption]Internet Desk: The Supreme Court of India on Thursday hinted at instituting perjury case against BCCI president Anurag Thakur for filing false affidavit and reserved it's order on the issue till January 3, 2017.
Claiming that BCCI President Anurag Thakur had lied on the oath to the Supreme Court, an Amicus Curiae, today, claimed at the Supreme Court that Thakur had tried to obstruct reform process. The Amicus Curiae further raised questions on the affidavit by the BCCI president where he had mentioned that he had sought Shashank Manohar’s opinion as BCCI chairman. The Chief-Justice quoted,"Once we pronounce order, you will have no place to go but jail".
On the rift between the Lodha panel and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the apex court had asked Amicus Curiae whether Anurag Thakur had committed perjury in the case.
The Supreme Court postponed the hearing of the case between the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) and Lodha Committee till Thursday (December 15). The hearing was earlier scheduled for December 5 but was first adjourned to December 9 due to Justice TS Thakur's ill health and eventually to December 14. The Supreme court has reserved its order till January 3, the last working day of Chief Justice of India T.S.Thakur.
The Supreme court is all set to appoint a panel of observers to handle Financial and administrative affairs.
In its report submitted to the SC on November 21, Lodha panel stated that the office-bearers of BCCI and state units do not meet the committee's eligibility criteria and should be disqualified.
It further suggested that GK Pillai, the former Union Home Secretary, be appointed as observer. However, in a Special General Body Meeting (SGM) on December 2, BCCI reiterated opposition by all but three state units to key reforms suggested by the committee.
Today, Gopal Subramanium proposed a three-member panel comprising GK Pillai, Vinod Rai and a former cricketer to supervise BCCI.
The BCCI continues to oppose three key Lodha recommendations - the age cap of 70 for officials, cooling-off period of three years between terms for officials and the one-state-one-vote rule. At the SGM, BCCI did not take any decision on the recommendations but it has been learnt from sources that state associations have been told to keep a Plan B ready in case the verdict is not favorable from the apex court.
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