The Lodha Committee was appointed by the
Supreme Court of India
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on 23 January 2015 to analyse and recommend implementable actions for improving the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
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(BCCI), assess the quantum of punishment for
Gurunath Meiyappan
Gurunath Meiyappan is a member of the AVM family and is the son-in-law of industrialist, former president of the BCCI, and former chairman of the ICC, N. Srinivasan. He was the "team principal" of the IPL cricket franchise, Chennai Super Kings ...
and
Raj Kundra
Raj Kundra is a British-Indian businessman, who was ranked as the 198th richest British Asian by Success.
His father, Bal Krishan Kundra was a middle-class businessman and his mother Usha Rani Kundra was a shop assistant when he was a child.
...
in the
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
(IPL) betting scandal, and analyse the role of
Sundar Raman. The Lodha Committee report was submitted on 14 July 2015.
History
The establishment of the Lodha Committee was the result of the report submitted by the
Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee after an investigation into the
2013 IPL betting scandal. The committee was chaired by
R. M. Lodha. The purpose of the Lodha Committee was to analyse and recommend implementable actions for improving the
Board of Control for Cricket in India
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...
(BCCI), assess the quantum of punishment for
Gurunath Meiyappan
Gurunath Meiyappan is a member of the AVM family and is the son-in-law of industrialist, former president of the BCCI, and former chairman of the ICC, N. Srinivasan. He was the "team principal" of the IPL cricket franchise, Chennai Super Kings ...
and
Raj Kundra
Raj Kundra is a British-Indian businessman, who was ranked as the 198th richest British Asian by Success.
His father, Bal Krishan Kundra was a middle-class businessman and his mother Usha Rani Kundra was a shop assistant when he was a child.
...
in the
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
(IPL) betting scandal, and analyse the role of
Sundar Raman. The report suggested various changes within the BCCI such as the appointment conditions of the CFO and CEO, age of office bearers, advertisements during the IPL matches, and appointment of the
Comptroller and Auditor General
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(CAG) official. The Lodha Committee report was submitted on 14 July 2015.
In brief, the Lodha Committee offered the following recommendations:
# The retirement age to be fixed at 70 years. Any administrator who (a) has criminal charge/s, (b) is of unsound mind, (c) is insolvent, and (d) holds a position in any other athletic association needs to be removed. The tenure of any officer bearer to be fixed for two consecutive terms.
# A "one vote per state" policy to make BCCI more transparent in its dealings.
# BCCI President cannot have a tenure of more than two years.
# An independent and sovereign governing body for the
IPL
The Indian Premier League (IPL), also known as TATA IPL for sponsorship reasons, is a men's T20 franchise cricket league of India. It is annually contested by ten teams based out of seven Indian cities and three Indian states. The leagu ...
.
# To ensure that BCCI officials are not involved in any betting, they need to disclose their assets to the governing board.
The recommendations of the Lodha Committee shook the BCCI hierarchy and its related associations. The BCCI raised objections to the recommendations and approached the Supreme Court. The final judgment by the Supreme Court was delivered on 18 July 2016, by a two-judge bench consisting of
Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla and the
Chief Justice of India T. S. Thakur. The final judgment upheld the Lodha Committee recommendations, paving the way for a major change within the BCCI.
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