BCCI ex-chief apologises over court contempt

AFP, NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board's former president Anurag Thakur gave an “unconditional apology” Monday to the Supreme Court which had ordered his dismissal from the game's most powerful body in January.
Thakur faces a court petition later this month for allegedly obstructing the implementation of a series of recommendations from a panel led by a retired judge to reform the administration of the board.
But at a session of court where the date for the full hearing was set for April 17, Thakur's lawyer P S Patwalia read a statement in which his client "tendered my unconditional and unqualified apology".
“I had not intended to file any false information,” the statement added, which was delivered by Patwalia as Thakur sat alongside him.
Thakur was dismissed at the start of the year after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) consistently stalled on implementing the reforms proposed by a former top judge, Rajendra Mal Lodha, and which had been endorsed by the court.
The proposals included setting age and term limits on office bearers within the board.
India's Supreme Court has since appointed a top anti-corruption troubleshooter, Vinod Rai, as head of a team to oversee the running of the powerful cricket board.

BCCI ex-chief apologises over court contempt

AFP, NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket boards former president Anurag Thakur gave an unconditional apology Monday to the Supreme Court which had ordered his dismissal from the games most powerful body in January. Thakur faces a court petition later this month for allegedly obstructing the implementation of a series of recommendations from a panel led by a retired judge to reform the administration of the board. But at a session of court where the date for the full hearing was set for April 17, Thakurs lawyer P S Patwalia read a statement in which his client tendered my unconditional and unqualified apology. I had not intended to file any false information, the statement added, which was delivered by Patwalia as Thakur sat alongside him. Thakur was dismissed at the start of the year after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) consistently stalled on implementing the reforms proposed by a former top judge, Rajendra Mal Lodha, and which had been endorsed by the court. The proposals included setting age and term limits on office bearers within the board. Indias Supreme Court has since appointed a top anti-corruption troubleshooter, Vinod Rai, as head of a team to oversee the running of the powerful cricket board.