“The approval of the CoA has neither been sought nor provided in relation to the SGM to be held on 22nd June, 2018,” the CoA wrote in its email to the employees. Acting secretary Chaudhary, who has taken the COA head wrote to units: “Kindly peruse the forwarded e-mail received from CoA a short while ago. A senior BCCI official said that CoA does not have the authority to forcibly stop the SGM as it’s the right of the members. If they issue such a communication, the communication will definitely exist but it shall be without any force. “A requisitioned (SGM) meeting is mandatory and any attempt to derail the same may tantamount to violation of the law and possibly contempt of court.

Source: Indian Express June 01, 2018 14:46 UTC