Is BCCI India?

[apeeman]

I am bringing this issue up because i am still peeved over their statement that they are a private body and do not represent INDIA. The same board is now dangling the "Indian" tag carrot at the players. This is pathetic. Before everything else is discussed, i would like someone to clarify if BCCI is indeed India or is it something like Real Madrid

[Chandan]

Re: Is BCCI India? BCCI is a private, not for profit, organisation. But players playing cricket with other nations, represent India. BCCI had given its argument that the players playing tests or ODIs are in fact BCCI XI. But HC shot this argument down.

[Chandan]

Re: Is BCCI India? If you and few other people are interested then I can forward Ravi my article which I had written or rather only edited the whole document that Rahul Mehra presented to the Delhi HC.

[apeeman]

Re: Is BCCI India? i surely would be...because BCCI's stake is ridiculous

[Chandan]

Re: Is BCCI India? Perhaps, you've read this article, but many might not have read it. Hence I'm posting it here: BCCI : Accountable to whom? Enjoy cricket, don?t pose nasty queries Anshika Misra Saturday, April 07, 2007 00:55 IST You have cheered them on, contributed to their salary by watching them play and even cried at their defeat. But as a cricket fan, you do not have the right to know what went wrong with Team India in the 2007 World Cup. The three tell-all reports submitted to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday by the team?s coach, captain and manager would not be released to the public. Only ?select? portions from them were disclosed by BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah in a concise two-page statement. ?It is shocking that the BCCI earns crores of rupees by selling sponsorship and television rights valued on the basis of public viewership, and yet it is not answerable to the very people,? said Amitava Athle, a cricket enthusiast. Cricket fans even called up this newspaper to inquire if the Right to Information (RTI) Act could be used to access the reports. According to RTI activist Shailesh Gandhi, the information Act could only be used to obtain information from a government body, which is one controlled or financed by the government. BCCI, a 79-year-old autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, does not fall into this category. It might seem ironic, but Team India in effect represents BCCI, which is akin to a private club, and not the nation. In 2005, the Supreme Court had ruled that though the BCCI performed a public function of selecting the Indian cricket team, controlling the activities of the players and others involved in the game of cricket, it was an autonomous body and not a ?State? as defined by the Constitution. A five-judge Bench passed the order while dismissing a writ petition filed by Zee Telefilms, challenging BCCI?s decision to terminate a contract awarded to it for telecast of cricket matches in India between 2004 and 2008. The 3:2 majority judgement held that the Centre had been exercising certain control over the activities of the BCCI in regard to organising cricket matches and travel of the Indian team abroad, as also granting of permission to allow foreign teams to come to India. But this could not be construed as an administrative control. It was, at best, regulatory in nature, the judges held. The SC had rejected the government?s contention that BCCI was subject to control of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports as the government had granted the board de-facto recognition by allowing the team selected by it to represent India in international events. ?Though BCCI is amenable to the jurisdiction of courts, citizens do not have the legal right to demand information it does not want to disclose,? Solicitor General of India, Goolam E Vahanvati, a self-confessed cricket fan, told DNA. He added that the BCCI, using its discretion, had decided that releasing such reports would harm the game further. -------------------------------------------------------------- We don't have Right to Information in matters relating to Indian cricket!