BCCI To Run The Management And Administration Of J&K Cricket Association Till Its Elections As Interim Measure: J&K HC
Live LawThe Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India to run the management, control and administration of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association as an interim measure till a new body of JKCA is elected whereafter the same shall be handed over to the newly elected office bearers of the Association. Observation of the Court While noting that it was not appropriate for the Court to go into the question of ascertaining whether the MOA and Rules frmaed by CAA of JKCA was in tune with the Committee's recommendations, the Court went ahead to observe that: ".BCCI, which is tasked with the overall governing/ controlling of the activities of the game of cricket in India and of which the JKCA is an affiliate member, is in position with its newly approved Constitution, it is the said body which shall be the appropriate authority to answer the above-formulated question in the light of its newly approved Constitution. The BCCI shall, while finalizing the amendment, if any, in the Constitution of the JKCA, in conformity with the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee as approved by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, consult all the stakeholders, including the parties litigating before this Court, i.e., the representatives of the erstwhile clubs of the JKCA as also of the District Cricket Associations now formed by the CAA. The BCCI, given the task assigned to it as indicated above, shall be authorized to appoint Committee/ sub-Committee to run, administer, control and supervise the affairs of the JKCA till the elections are held and a body of the JKCA is elected under its supervision, whereafter the administration, control and supervision of the JKCA shall be handed over to the newly elected office bearers of the Association.