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Lodha Committee submits report on BCCI reforms to Supreme Court of India(SCI) Monday Jan 04,2016

The Justice RM Lodha Committee on Monday Jan 04,2016 submitted its report suggesting reforms in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to the Supreme Court of India(SCI)

The committee, which was last year appointed by the apex court to make recommendations to the BCCI in order to prevent frauds and conflict of interest in cricket administration

the three-member committee comprising Justice (Retd) RM Lodha, Justice (Retd) Ashok Bhan and Justice (Retd) RV Raveendran submitted their report to the Supreme Court on Monday Jan 04,2016
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The panel comprising former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha and retired Supreme Court judges Ashok Bhan and RV Raveendran, has been assigned to recommend changes to cricket board’s constitution and the manner of its functioning. 

It also has a small matter of investigating Sundar Raman’s role in the 2013 IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal and advise suitable punishment

Key points of the reforms suggested by Justice Lodha and his committee:
 
1. One association of each state will be a full member and have right to vote.
2. IPL and BCCI to have separate governing bodies.
3. The committee suggested three authorities to help with the BCCI governance.
- An ombudsman - who's duty would be to preside internal disputes resolution mechanism, dispute between BCCI and members, BCCI and associates, breaches by administrators, players, team officials - to be appointed. The committee proposed that he be a former judge of the Supreme Court or a Chief Justice of High Court.
- An ethics officer - whose task is to administer the issues relating to the conflict of interest, misdemeanour, misbehaviour or corruption issues - to be appointed. The committee suggested that be a former High Court judge.
- An Electoral Officer, who would oversee the entire election process related to the office bearers, namely prep of voters list, issues of eligibility of office bearers etc. The officer will be nominated weeks before the date of election.

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