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Court to BCCI: ‘Fall in line or we will make you fall in line’
- Updated: September 28, 2016
The Supreme Court of India has warned the BCCI that if it “does not fall in line” and follow the court’s directive to implement the Lodha Committee’s recommendations, it will take measures to enforce them. The chief justice of India TS Thakur told the BCCI’s lawyer that the board, which has been accused of stalling by the Lodha Committee, had one week to respond.
“BCCI thinks it is law unto itself,” Thakur told the The Indian Express. “We know how to get our orders implemented. BCCI thinks it is the lord. You better fall in line or we will make you fall in line. The conduct of the BCCI is in poor taste.”
Thakur was responding to the status report submitted by the Lodha Committee on Wednesday. In its report, the Lodha Committee had asked the Supreme Court to “supersede” the BCCI’s top brass with “immediate effect” because its officials had not complied with various timelines set by the committee to implement the recommendations passed by the Supreme Court order on July 18
“BCCI, it seems, will go to the extent of defying court orders,” Thakur said. “We had been anticipating such …
