New Delhi, Oct 21 : Tightening its noose around the embattled BCCI, the Supreme Court today choked funds to the state associations till its top boss Anurag Thakur and the units “undertake to implement” the Lodha committee recommendations on reforms.
The apex court, in a slew of directions, sought appointment of an “independent auditor” to “scrutinise and audit” the income and expenditure of the cash-rich body besides going into high-value contracts awarded to various entities awarded by it.
“BCCI shall forthwith cease and desist from making any disbursement of funds for any purpose whatsoever to any state association until and unless the state association concerned adopts a resolution undertaking to implement recommendations of the Committee as accepted by this Court in its judgement dated 18 July 2016.
“After such a resolution is passed and before any disbursement of funds takes place to the state association concerned, a copy of the resolution shall be filed before the Committee and before this Court, together with an affidavit of the President of the state association undertaking to abide by the reforms contained in the report of the Committee, as modified by this Court,” a bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said.
The bench said that any transfer of funds “shall take place to the state associations” only after they accept terms and comply with them.
The bench directed Thakur and BCCI Secratary Ajay Shirke to file separate “affidavits of compliance” before the court on or before December 3, 2016 in terms of the earlier order. (PTI)
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