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ICC vs BCCI - 10 BCCI members set to appeal in SC today

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The members of the BCCI are seeking to apprise the country's highest court through an application -a copy of which is with TOI. © Cricbuzz

Ten state associations of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will file a "humble" application with the Chief Justice of India on Wednesday, seeking clarifications from the Supreme Court on the "situation" that has emerged post the Board meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) that was held on February 4.

The application is both, a plea and a prayer, requesting the Court to take cognisance of the ICC decision to bring about policy changes in its revenue and governance models. If those changes are implemented, it will result in a massive financial loss for India.

The members of the BCCI are seeking to apprise the country's highest court through an application -a copy of which is with TOI. The application states: "The changes recommended by the a five-man working group led by ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar, to the constitution and financial model of the ICC have been passed in principle by the ICC Board with a commitment to consider any further representations from the Members and completing the detail by the April ICC Board meeting.

"The new financial model is based on the recommendations of the working group convened in 2016 to consider the 2014 resolutions. It is respectfully submitted that the changes recommended to the constitution and financial model by the ICC Working Group, will result in substantial reduction of share of the BCCI in the ICC revenues and the same will have grave adverse impact on the development of Cricket in India".

The members of the cricket board want to highlight the development with the CJI's bench to note how the ICC revenue redistribution model is gravely affecting India's perceived loss and how India will stand to lose the most if the revenue model is ratified by the game's governing body in April.

The member associations of the BCCI will make a request with the CJI to allow the applicants -who are full members of the BCCI -to call for a Special General Meeting to "discuss and deliberate on the changes recommended by the five-member Working Group of the ICC. The group had been formed by keeping India away. The application to be submitted in the SC today states: "Rule 17 of the Rules And Regulations of the BCCI (Revised as on 15 September, 2012) provides that a SGM may be convened by the Secretary a) on directive of the President, b) on resolution of the Working Committee, c) on requisition signed by not less than 10 Full Members specially stating the business to be transacted at such meeting.

The said rule further states that within 30 days of the receipt of a SGM request, the requisitionists may themselves convene it for the purpose specified. To further make their point, the BCCI's application to the court, one that runs into 17 pages, has a detailed analysis of the math behind ICC's new model, charts that specify revenue cycles and India's point of view that needs to be presented unequivocally. In doing so, the application o includes the press release also includes the press release that the BCCI had sent out on the evening of the ICC Board meeting, stating categorically that COA Limaye expressed concern over the ICC policy papers, especially in light of the insufficient time available to the COA to take an informed view on the proposal.

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