1. Background
2013 IPL corruption scandal
and repeated instances of:
 Governance breaches
 Scandals
 Sporting Frauds
 Conflict of Interest
 Jan 2015 Lodha Committee
formed
Jan 2016 Committee
released the Report
18th July 2016 SC approves
the report and majority of
recommendations and Lodha
Committee was directed to
oversee the implementation
by BCCI

2. Findings
SC directs removal of
 Anurag Thakur (President)
 Ajay Shirke (Secretary)
Order was a culmination of a
long standing impasse
between BCCI & Lodha
Committee
BCCI resisted
implementation of the
recommendations despite the
same being upheld by the SC
per the July 18 order
All Office Bearers who did
not meet the eligibility criteria
asked to “cease to hold Office”
immediately

3. Committee’s
Recommendations
Office Bearers
Should be a citizen of India
Shouldn’t be > 70 years of
age
Shouldn’t be a Government
Servant / Minister
Shouldn’t be insolvent or of
unsound mind
Shouldn’t have a criminal
record
Shouldn’t have held office
for > 9 years

4. What next?
Committee of administrators
to be appointed on Jan 19th
This would be to provide
oversight to BCCI’s
functioning
They would also make sure
that Lodha Committee
recommendations approved
by SC are implemented
SC has solicited names of
persons having integrity and
requisite experience

5. The Order
“… several office bearers both of
BCCI and the State Associations
continue to hold posts although
they stand disqualified in terms of
the above norms which have been
accepted by this Court. Persons
who have a vested interest in
continuing in their positions in spite
of the norms noted above have
ensured that the writ of the court is
obstructed and impeded”.
"We need to emphasise that the
turf of the cricket field is not a
personal turf or fiefdom. We must
hence order and direct that no
person shall hereafter continue to
be or be entitled for appointment
as office bearer of BCCI or a State
Association in breach of the above
norms. All existing office bearers of
BCCI and of the State Associations
who do not fulfil the above norms
shall with effect from the date of
this Order stand disqualified.