A division bench of Justices M Sathyanarayanan and P Rajamanickam issued notice to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and other authorities concerned, returnable by February 7, 2019 and posted further hearing to that date. BCCI has no legal sanctity to use the word 'India' in its name, nor does it have the right to represent a team called 'India', as the name implies patronage from the Indian government, the petitioner contended. According to the petitioner, the BCCI has continuously refused to identify itself as a public authority and is also not officially recognised as a national sports federation. The petitioner alleged that the players' selection process carried out by the organisation was never transparent and has always been discriminatory. Like any other sport, cricket should also be governed by the union ministry of sports, the petitioner contended.

Source: dna December 22, 2018 02:15 UTC