The Board of Control for Cricket in India's committee on Lodha reforms on Saturday included demarcation of functions performed by honorary office-bearers and paid professionals to the list of reservations it has about the implementation of the Supreme Court order.
Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha, who headed the committee that proposed the two-year suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, says the Board of Control for Cricket in India is free to terminate the two Indian Premier IPL franchises.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly steered clear of giving an opinion on the Lodha Committee's reforms, which have been made binding by the Supreme Court, saying it is for the Board of Control for Cricket in India to decide.
Rattled by the recommended sweeping reforms to its structure by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Committee, the Cricket Board has advised its affiliated state units to convene a meeting of its managing committee before this month end to discuss its implications. "You are aware that the Justice Lodha Committee appointed by the Honourable Supreme Court has submitted its report and we have received a copy of the same," BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur has written in his letter to all the Board's affiliated units.
A chronology of events relating to implementation of the Justice R M Lodha panel recommendations on structural reforms in the BCCI.
IMAGE: BCCI president Anurag Thakur, right, with ICC CEO Shashank Manohar. Photograph: PTI Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur on Monday said in Supreme Court that he had not asked International Cricket Council's CEO Dave Richardson to state that the appointment of Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha committee would "tantamount to government interference" in the functioning of BCCI.
About 7 per cent was priced between Rs 3 crore and Rs 5 crore, 22 per cent priced between Rs 5 crore and Rs 8 crore, and 15 per cent above Rs 8 crore.
The ED is investigating Lodha after it booked him on criminal charges for his alleged involvement in two high-profile black money cases of illegal conversion of old notes post demonetisation.
A potential conflict of interest situation could have played in Dhoni's mind when he decided to quit, report Sai Manish and N Sundaresha Subramanian.
The Supreme Court-appointed high-level Committee, headed by former Chief Justice of India Rajendra Mal Lodha, proposed two-year suspensions on IPL franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Here's what the verdict means.
The legal tussle between the Birlas and Lodha has taken another turn with Lodha filing a Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) defamation suit against the Birlas for alleged statements made against him.
A division bench of Calcutta high court upheld on Thursday an earlier order rejecting the caveatable interest of three members of Birla family in the probate petition of Rajinder S Lodha in the Priyamvada Birla estate case.
The Sharad Pawar-headed Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has no alternative but to implement in totality the Supreme Court order, based on the Justice Lodha Committee recommendations on sweeping reforms in cricket governance, feels its former managing Committee member Ravi Mandrekar.
Former cricketer Bishen Singh Bedi, on Monday, said that all things nasty in cricket administration over the last few decades were by "design" and the reforms suggested by the Lodha committee should have been brought in 50 years ago.
Sourav Ganguly and Saurashtra CA boss Madhukar Worah has written to the BCCI about some practical difficulties in amending the constitution of state associations and incorporate all Lodha-recommended reforms.
Lodha Developers has emerged as a new realty giant in India.
Justice Lodha's attribution of guilt to the owners of teams, rather than to individuals, has laid out the law of command and responsibility, responsibility by virtue of ownership of shareholding, team membership and holding out to be the face of the team, says Indira Jaising.
Pushed into a corner by the Supreme Court after failing to comply with the Justice R M Lodha Panel recommendations, the beleaguered Board of Control for Cricket in India appears to have been left with no option but to adopt them in totality at its Special General Meeting in Mumbai on Friday.
Chartered accountancy firm Lodha & Co has resigned as a statutory auditor for Birla Global Finance.
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The patriarch of the Birla family, Basanta Kumar Birla, on Friday said that he was not worried about the 25 per cent stake held by Rajendra Lodha controlled M P Birla group in Pilani Investments as he and his grandson, Kumarmangalam Birla had now con
Chartered accountancy firm Lodha & Co has resigned as statutory auditor for Grasim Industries Ltd, a Aditya Birla group company, and city-based G P Kapadia & Co has been appointed as sole statutory auditors for the firm.
The resistance to Lodha panel reforms remains deep rooted in the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Former captain Anil Kumble said that many of the recommendations of the Lodha Committee report would be good for Indian cricket if they are implemented. "Many of the aspects of Justice Lodha recommendations are really good, especially the proposal to form Steering Committee of Players' Association. "If implemented, it will be good for Indian cricket," Kumble told reporters. The Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Panel had recommended the formation of players' association by a four-member steering committee comprising former union home secretary G K Pillai (chairperson) and former India cricketers Mohinder Amarnath, Kumble and Diana Edulji (ex-Indian women's team captain), to raise their concerns.
Rajendra Lodha, who has been bequeathed M P Birla's over Rs 5000 crore (Rs 50 billion) assets by Priyamvada Birla, kept himself away from her shraadh ceremony at the Birla Park on Thursday
Dismissing Birlas' claim of any caveatable interest in the Priyamvada Birla will case, Rajendra Lodha on Thursday submitted before Calcutta high court that even if there exists a mutual will of 1982
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Sunday accepted the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee and formed a working group to prepare the road map for the future editions of the Indian Premier League.
Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Ajay Shirke responded to the letters sent by Justice Lodha Committee, stating that the BCCI cannot stop state associations from holding their elections.
Rajendra S Lodha would file his affidavit in reply early next week to the opposition by the Birlas against his petition before the Calcutta high court seeking dismissal of their caveats in the matter regarding Priyamvada Birla's will.\n\n\n\n
A city court on Monday adjourned the hearing of a criminal case against R S Lodha till December 14 as Lodha and three others, accused of fraud and criminal conspiracy by the Birlas, were yet to receive notice in the matter.
In the wake of the tussle between the Birlas and Rajendra S Lodha over the will of Late Priyamvada Birla, chartered accountants firm Lodha & Company said it was not seeking re-appointment as auditors of Indo Gulf Fertilisers Ltd.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India appointed former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju as the head of a four-member legal panel to help the BCCI understand the implications of the Justice Lodha Committee reforms, which have been made mandatory by the apex court.
Former Indian team captain Bishan Singh Bedi and ex-cricketer Kirti Azad on Thursday batted in the Supreme Court for implementation of Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha committee's recommendation on structural reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
"The BCCI might think that they have escaped from implementing the recommendations but they are completely wrong."
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed four petitions filed by the Birlas challenging R S Lodha's right to object to late Priyamvada Birla's purported will of 1999. A bench headed by Justice S B Sinha while dismissing the petition has imposed cost of Rs 2,50,000 each on the three Birla members.
In its petition, Rameshwara Jute Mills, an MP Birla group company, has prayed that the board of directors of the Birla Corporation and other M P Birla group companies should be superseded by independent people, as after the death of R S Lodha, there was no one to represent the company. Opposing it, the Lodha camp submitted before the board that the petition was not maintainable and that there was no need to appoint any chairman of the group.
The BCCI has maintained its opposition to some of the reforms recommended by the Lodha committee and will wait for the Supreme Court's verdict on the matter come December 5.
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