BCCI president, secretary, office-bearers can have six-year stints: Supreme Court

15.09.2022 - 06:05 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Cooling-off period to apply after 6 years at each level, but not if one switches levelNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday effected major amendments to the constitution of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that would entitle its president, secretary and office-bearers to have two consecutive terms spanning six years in the board, even if they had served for three years in state associations immediately before entering BCCI.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli, thus, significantly altered the 2018 SC-approved BCCI constitution, which had mandated an office bearer to undergo three-year cooling off period after two consecutive terms in state association, or BCCI or cumulatively.

The earlier constitution had mandated a person, who was an office-bearer in a state association for three years, to cool off for three years after a succeeding three-year term in the BCCI.

This clause was impeding further stints in the BCCI for its president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah as both had worked as office-bearers in cricket associations of Bengal and Gujarat.

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