Reprieve for BCCI officials

The newly-elected office bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were restored to their posts today with the Supreme Court staying a Madras High Court order restraining them.

However, Jagmohan Dalmiya, the key figure in their election, was himself restrained from becoming its patron-in-chief.

A Bench, comprising Justice N Santosh Hegde and Justice SB Sinha, felt that prima facie the high court did not act properly by passing the order restraining the newlyelected board while entertaining a review petition filed by the Netaji Cricket Club (NCC), the petitioner before the high court.

The Bench noticed skeletons tumbling out of the cupboards as NCC pointed out serious irregularities in the recent elections of the board and observed that "if we are satisfied, we may order holding of fresh elections for the board".