Cricket News: Application in SC over IPL’s new venue decided by BCCI prez, secy

It has been a major question in the BCCI since long now on how could board members decides anything related to the sport when their term is over? Two victims of these questions are president of BCCI Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah. An application has been moved in the Supreme Court which states that the decision to organise the Indian Premier League (IPL) outside India was taken by the BCCI’s president and secretary after the expiry of their terms of office. In the supplementary affidavit, petitioner Naresh H Makani, who is the treasurer of Cricket Association of Jharkhand, said: “The entire decision of organising the IPL outside India was taken by the president and secretary of the BCCI after the expiry of their terms of office, thus making the said decision bad in law in as much as they did not have the power to make any such decision.” The affidavit said that BCCI’s top two officer bearers — president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah — are currently illegally occupying the positions, and taking decisions which are absolutely detrimental for the game of cricket in the entire country.