Relief for BCCI as Supreme Court sets aside key Lodha panel recommendations

It also directed the state cricket associations to adopt the BCCI constitution within 30 days

The Supreme Court modified its earlier order on the 'one state, one vote' policy recommended by the Lodha Panel for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) members on Thursday and granted permanent membership of the board to the cricket associations of Mumbai, Saurashtra, Vadodara and Vidarbha. The apex court relaxed some of the key recommendations made by Justice Lodha panel relating to reform cricket administration in the country.

This restoration of permanent membership and votes is in the reversal of the top court's earlier verdict mandating "one state one vote".

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also approved the