A BJP functionary in Latur, Maharashtra, attempted suicide after being passed over for a nominated corporator position in the municipal corporation, highlighting internal party tensions.
The court, later in the day, allowed his application.
Shah and Javalgekar were arrested on May 7.
The board of directors at its meeting held on October 22, approved the said appointments, the exchange said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
MCX said it has no exposure to crisis-hit NSEL, which has to settle dues worth Rs 5,600 crore to investors after it suspended trading.
A Delhi University alumnus with an MBA in finance and a doctorate, Vaish started his career as a banker in 1984, became an academician a few years later and joined the capital market in 1998.
The board will have to take a decision that he cannot remain a permanent director and also have to decide to whether to amend the article of association of the exchange in this regard.
Manoj Vaish on Saturday took charge as Managing Director and CEO of the country's leading commodity exchange MCX that is under the regulatory glare following troubles at the promoter group.
The sessions court on Thursday extended the police custody of the Financial Technologies and Multi Commodities Exchange (MCX) promoter Jignesh Shah and former managing director and chief executive of the commodity exchange Shreekant Javalgekar till May 19.
Two days after Mumbai Police attached his properties, Jignesh Shah, director of the beleaguered National Spot Exchange Ltd, on Thursday told investigators that he was making "relentless" efforts to recover money from defaulters.
The investors write to new finance minister; say refunds, not arrests, their priority.
In a severe indictment, commodity market regulator FMC has said Jignesh Shah and his firm FTIL are not 'fit and proper' to run any exchange in the country and charged him of being the "highest beneficiary" in the NSEL scam.
In the first arrest in the NSEL's Rs 5,600 crore (Rs 56 billion) payout scam, a top official of the beleaguered spot commodity bourse, which defaulted on its payment for the eighth time in a row yesterday, was held on Wednesday by Mumbai police's Economic Offence Wing (EOW).
Slew of resignations at NSEL over past month in the wake of scrutiny; MCX gaps caused by new-age norms for commexes.
MCX and MCX-SX are facing the worst crisis in their existence following the Rs 5,574 cr fiasco at the National Spot Exchange.
About Rs 5,600 crore (Rs 56 billion) of investments of some 13,000 investors are stuck in NSEL. Despite reports from several internal committees of regulators and investigative agencies pointing to fraudulent activities, there hasn't been any substantial enforcement action against the exchange or the officials.
The stock market watchdog had said any adverse findings by other regulators might have a bearing on the exchange.