Anurag Thakur in Hot Water: SC Accuses BCCI President of Perjury

Anurag Thakur. (Photo: Reuters)

The Amicus Curiae, Gopal Subramanium, in the ongoing litigation between the Lodha committee and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said that the Indian cricket board’s president Anurag Thakur committed perjury in the case.

Thakur asked the ICC chairman to write a letter to BCCI saying that the Supreme Court order on the BCCI-Lodha case is like a government intervention.

The Supreme Court on Thursday heard the Lodha panel's third status report, which asked for the dismissal of the top brass of the BCCI for not complying with the Lodha recommendations.

The bench has directed the BCCI to file a list of nominees who could take over the existing administration within one week.

The final order on the perjury allegation against Anurag Thakur will be given on 3 January. The court will be on winter break until then.

At every stage your client has played an obstructive role. Should he really be the person holding this post? Should the entire board be removed for non-compliance? You ought to absolutely apologise if you want to escape. These kinds of things don’t help. Please don’t force us. You go to ICC and ask for a letter so that you can return to say BCCI will be out of ICC. The whole object was to stop the court.

The Chief Justice asks Kapil Sibal, BCCI’s Counsel

(Source: Cricbuzz)