It was during the tenure of Ananga Kumar Patnaik, retired Supreme Court judge, that the seeds of discontent were sown by Cricket Association of Bihar’s Aditya Verma that ultimately led to one of the biggest reforms in Indian cricket.
“I am happy that the Supreme Court has accepted these sweeping changes recommended by Justice R.M. Lodha,” said Patnaik.
Patnaik said all doors were closed for the BCCI now. “They have no escape route. May be, they can file a review petition with the SC and that’s it,” he added.
Although justice K.M. Kalifullah is retiring later this week, his colleague and CJI of India justice T.S. Thakur will be present on the review panel should the BCCI go for an appeal.
And the BCCI has only six months to accept the ruling of the apex court and the CJI is retiring only in January 2017.
Another legal expert and a keen follower of the BCCI-Supreme Court tussle, Rahul Mehra, said that the BCCI should accept the verdict in all humbleness. “Knowing the way the BCCI works, I am sure they will find loopholes in the verdict and ask for some more time to implement the verdict,” he added.
