The names of people suitable to be considered for membership to the Committee of Administrators (COA) will be submitted to the Supreme Court by legal experts Anil B. Divan and Gopal Subramaniam on January 19.
A prominent name in the reckoning for a COA position is that of Justice (retired) Mukul Mudgal, who conducted the IPL probe and dealt with issues like spot and match-fixing, betting, conflicts of interest and player-agent matters.
In its cricket reforms report, the Lodha Committee had even acknowledged Justice Mudgal’s role in “sharing his vast expertise and knowledge on sports law”.
It was also not too long ago that Justice Mudgal had presented a report on the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association, and he was entrusted with the task of supervising the conduct of the India-South Africa Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla in 2015.
When asked by The Hindu if he would be inclined to be part of the COA, Justice Mudgal was non-committal.
The COA’s immediate task will be to oversee the BCCI administration through its CEO Rahul Johri and also, as the Court said, to “ensure that the directions contained in the judgement dated July 18, 2016 (which accepted the reforms in cricket report of the Justice Lodha Committee with modifications) are fulfilled and to adopt all necessary and consequential steps for that purpose.”
The Court had said Divan and Subramaniam should suggest names of persons with integrity and experience in managing a similar enterprise.
People who have been involved in a similar exercise understand that the COA, which will work with the CEO and his staff in the BCCI, will not have more than three members.
