SC on 18th July 2016 accepts recommendations of RM Lodha Panel
Q. SC has accepted recommendations of which committee on structural reforms of the BCCI?- Published on 20 Jul 16a. RM Lodha panel
b. MB Shah panel
c. CP Thakur panel
d. None of the above
ANSWER: RM Lodha panel
SC on 18th July 2016 accepted major recommendations of Justice RM Lodha Panel on structural reforms in the BCCI.
- SC agreed that no minister or serving bureaucrat can be a member of the BCCI board.
- Bench of Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice FMI Kalifulla rejected the objection against recommendations for one state-one vote and indicated states like Maharashtra and Gujarat having more than one cricket association will have voting rights on rotational basis.
- It also accepted the panel recommendation that there should be a players’ association in the BCCI and funding of players’ association accepted while leaving the board to decide the extent of funding.