The Supreme Court threatened to dismiss the top rung of India’s cricket board on Thursday following allegations of defiance of sweeping reforms recommended by a panel set up to clean up the world’s richest cricket body. The court told the Board of Control for Cricket in India that it should have waited for the SC-appointed Lodha panel to form guidelines for disbursal of funds for releasing Rs 400 crore to state associations at a meeting on September 29. Under one of the many Lodha committee recommendations, the BCCI can only clear past dues but not make plans for the future at its meetings. The BCCI sought to stick to its old system, saying the Tamil Nadu Societies Act governs it and the law allows certain privileges such as adopting a resolution with majority votes. Its response says board members were told the panel’s report has to be accepted in totality.

Source: Hindustan Times October 06, 2016 08:48 UTC