Govt asks SC to refer Lodha reforms case to larger Bench

BCCI administrators' appointment on January 24

The government stepped into the fray in the ongoing battle between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the R M Lodha panel, asking that the Supreme Court reconsider its decision in the matter.

On Friday, Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi urged the Supreme Court to recall the reforms suggested by the panel, headed by former chief justice Lodha, to clean up cricket administration, saying it required a larger debate and therefore should be referred to a larger Bench.

This came as several units affiliated to the BCCI — railways, services and association of universities —