Supreme Court to decide BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah's future in two weeks

The future of BCCI's top two officer bearers - president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah - remains unanswered as the Supreme Court of India said they take up the matter again in two weeks' time.

The BCCI has filed its plea proposing several amendments to the board's constitution, which, if adopted, could undo some of the most significant reforms, ESPN Cricinfo reported. 

The case was listed to be heard on Wednesday by a two-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde and Justice L Nageshwar Rao. During a hearing, conducted virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the court said it would sit again to discuss the matter.

While Ganguly's term reportedly comes to end on July 27, Shah's term has ended in the past month, however, the exact date could not be confirmed.

According to the BCCI constitution, an office-bearer is allowed to serve for two consecutive terms spanning six years (at BCCI or state level or a combination of both) after which a cooling-off period of three years is mandatory. 

The rule was approved by the apex court in 2018, when it modified the clause concerning the cooling-off period to two terms (six years) instead of the just one (as stated in its 2016 order), ESPN Cricinfo reported.

In the second plea filed in April, the BCCI requested the court to consider the amendments to the board's constitution. It included tweaking the cooling-off period of the board's office-bearers, modifying the disqualification criteria, giving unprecedented powers to the BCCI secretary, and stopping the court from having any say if the board wants to alter the constitution. 

The amendments were unanimously approved by the state associations comprising of BCCI general body.