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SC opts for drastic step to clean Indian cricket, ex-CAG Vinod Rai-led panel to head BCCI

The Apex Court declined the Centre's request to appoint secretary of sports ministry as member of the committee.

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday appointed former CAG Vinod Rai to head the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) along with Ramachandra Guha and Vikram Limaye. SC also decided that Diana Edulji will be a member of the BCCI administrative board. The Apex Court declined the Centre's request to appoint secretary of sports ministry as member of the committee.

Earlier, the Amicus Curiae's - Gopal Subramanian and Anil Diwan - had submitted nine names to the Apex court for the appointment of administrators in the cricketing body.

The Apex Court in its order had asked the BCCI to implement the Justice Lodha panel recommendations into the game. It had recommended a slew of majors in the gentleman's game.

The Supreme Court last week sought response from the Centre on a petition seeking to form a Lodha Panel-like committee, in order to look into the irregularities in other sports across the country.

The petition, which was heard by a three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar, sought the intervention of the Supreme Court for a direction to the Centre to constitute a Lodha Panel-like committee.

The new committee will look and probe if there is any kind of corruption and irregularities by anyone in any sport in the country.

Following allegations of corruption, match fixing and betting scandals in cricket in the country, the Supreme Court appointed a three-member panel led by Justice R.M Lodha in January 2015 to look into the functioning of the BCCI and suggest reforms.

(Inputs from ANI)

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