SC modifies 2017 order, says Anurag Thakur free to participate in BCCI affairs
In a relief to former BCCI president Anurag Thakur, the Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the decks for his association with the board by modifying its January 2017 order that had barred him from the affairs of the cricket body.
The Supreme Court said Thakur, a former Union Minister, is free to participate in the affairs of the BCCI according to rules and regulations.
On January 2, 2017, the Supreme Court had directed Thakur, the then president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), to forthwith “cease and desist” from being associated with the working of the board. While dealing with an application filed by Thakur seeking modification of the 2017 order, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on Thursday applied the doctrine of proportionality and modified the direction.
The bench also observed that Thakur had earlier tendered an unqualified apology, which was accepted by the Supreme Court. The court had initiated contempt and perjury proceedings against Thakur on January 2, 2017, for filing a false affidavit regarding writing to the then International Cricket Council (ICC) chairperson Shashank Manohar on the issue of the BCCI’s autonomy.
