The Supreme court on Thursday, April 15 adjourned the hearing in the case related to BCCI officer bearers such as president Sourav Ganguly, Secretary Jay Shah and Joint Secretary Jayesh George.
A two-judge bench comprising of Justice Justice L Nageshwara Rao and Justice Vineet Saran adjourned the proceedings as the Amicus Curiae of the case PS Narasimha failed to submit his report and sought more time.
The case pertains to BCCI’s appeal in the Supreme Court to waive off the ‘cooling period’ clause in the constitution adopted by the Apex court on the recommendations of the Justice Lodha committee in 2018.
According to the constitution, the trio of Ganguly, Shah and George were to go through a cooling period of three years as having served as cricket administrators at the BCCI or at the state level for six continuous years.
Their tenure had ended in mid last year, but BCCI knocked on Apex court’s door to allow continuity in administration.
Recently, Sourav Ganguly had said in an interview that he will decide his next career move on the basis of the decision of the Supreme Court on the matter pertaining to his eligibility as the BCCI president.
Notably, Justice Rao has overseen the departure of N Srinivasan and Anurag Thakur from the post of BCCI president in the past and if Ganguly is shown the exit door, he will be the third boss of Indian cricket to have his fate settled by India’s top court.