The BCCI thinks it is a law unto itself, CJI TS Thakur

The Justice RM Lodha Committee today submitted a status report to the Supreme Court of India on the defiance shown by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in complying with the apex court’s own judgment for an overhaul of the BCCI administration..Gopal Sankaranarayanan appeared for the Committee before a Bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud JJ..According to today’s submissions, after looking into the allegations against the BCCI, the committee had suggested the removal of the entire top brass of the BCCI including president Anurag Thakur..The report, that threatens to shake the very foundation of the BCCI. further added that BCCI’s office bearers were repeatedly neglecting the orders of the Apex Court, choosing to remain unresponsive to the committee’s queries..What is of interest is how the Apex Court chose to respond to the submissions of the Lodha Committee, indicating that it had had enough..As per this report in the Indian Express, CJI Thakur was quoted as saying.. “BCCI thinks it is a law unto itself. We know how to get our orders implemented. BCCI thinks it is the lord. You (BCCI) better fall in line or we will make you fall in line.”.In reply, senior counsel Arvind Datar, appearing for the BCCI, submitted that the board has complied with most of the directions and only require some more time to make good on the other directions. The BCCI must now respond to the committee’s findings before October 6.