Bombay HC posts fresh PIL against BCCI to January second week

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday posted to January second week a fresh public interest petition filed by Aditya Verma, secretary, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) against BCCI and its president N Srinivasan to challenge the rules and regulation of the board which were amended arbitrarily against public policy.
The PIL filed through the law firm Naik, Naik and Co said it sought to raise serious concern against Srinivasan acting in conflict of interest.
The PIL challenges the amendment to several rules and regulation of BCCI which it said is a "complete malafide exercise of power to sub-serve the personal interest of Srinivasan and prejudicially effects the functioning of the cricket board in a fair, independent and democratic manner."
Amendment to regulation 6.2.4 of Regulation for Players, Team Officials, Managers, Umpires and Administrators provided that no administrator shall have, directly or indirectly, any commercial interest in the matches or eventsconducted by the Board. By an amendment, the events like IPL or Championsleague, 20-20 have been excluded from the ambit of regulation 6.2.4.
Amendment to BCCI rules and regulations, where, the condition that office bearers other than Vice Presidents were not eligible for a re-election for an additional term after an extended term of 3 years ends, has been sought to be deleted permitting the office bearers /Vice President to be elected for one more term of three years. The provision which required the President to be from different zones for every three years has also been deleted and has been challenged in the PIL.
By the amendment, the interest of private parties such as Srinivasan is being advanced but the functioning of the board is being prejudiced the PIL said.