Cricket Country: National: Monday, February 12, 2018.
It has often
been debated that whether the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
should come under RTI purview or not as it is not a public body. The BCCI under
under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act is legally a private entity.
Things could
very well change if recommendations by Law Commission are taken in
consideration. The law commission in its report to India’s Law Minister has
requested the government to make BCCI a public body or the least us to bring
them under RTI.
According to
Times of India, Chairman Justice B S Chauhan, said: “We have found that BCCI is
eminently qualified to be classified as ‘state’ under Article 12 of the
Constitution.”
If BCCI is
classified as a state, it would be eligible for constitutional checks by SC and
HC, and also be open to PILs over their working. It must also be noted that in
a July 2016 judgment, the SC had asked the law commission to examine the legal
framework to bring BCCI under the RTI Act.
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