Is ‘prohibited’ from ‘implementing’ Bihar decision and is asked to respond on a case against UPCA. It is also engaged in a protracted legal battle with Dalmiya.
MUMBAI: It was not just the previous regime that was having legal complications. The present dispensation of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) too is having its share of legal woes. The BCCI, in fact, is fighting a string of court battles in every part of the country. And more than the Board mandarins, it is their lawyers who are busy these days, crisscrossing the country.
It is Jagmohan Dalmiya, the former president, who is the main cause of BCCI’s legal complications. He is involved in at least three legal battles with the board — one against the inquiry into his suspension, one against the Disciplinary Committee hearing and one involving the FIR filed against him in Mumbai.
In the Supreme Court, the Board is already fighting the FIR case. On Monday, it will file an appeal in the Calcutta High Court against the stay of the August 14 disciplinary committee hearing.
Dalmiya is not the only source of legal headache for the Board. It is coming from elsewhere too.
On Wednesday, a case was filed in a Chennai court challenging the legality of Rajiv Shukla’s Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA). Imran Ulla, a lawyer, claiming to be the UPCA president, questioned the Board’s recognition of Shukla’s body which was formed under the Company’s Act last year. Both the Board and Shukla have been asked to respond. The case is posted for Friday in Chennai.
Meanwhile, Amitav Chaudhury, president of ‘suspended’ Jharkhand State Cricket Association, has temporarily succeeded in preventing the membership of the Bihar Cricket Association. The BCCI has called a Special Generalbody Meeting on August 16 to ‘restore’ the membership to Bihar CA but the Ranchi High Court has ‘prohibited’ the Board from implementing the decision. The court has allowed the BCCI to go ahead with the SGM. The case is coming up for hearing on September 1.
When contacted, secretary Niranjan Shah said the BCCI cannot do much about the cases. “The BCCI is a high-profile body and India is a democratic country. We cannot stop anyone from going to the court.” He however refused to comment on any specific case.
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