NEW DELHI: Whether N Srinivasan will be able to assume duty as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president or not will be decided on Monday by the Supreme Court.
Srinivasan was elected unopposed board's chief at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday. Srinivasan, however, can only take charge after the Supreme Court rules on a petition filed byCricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretaryAditya Verma. The apex court will hear the case on Monday.
CAB, which is not recognised by the BCCI, had moved the Supreme Court last Monday seeking to restrain Srinivasan from getting re-elected for a third term on the ground that his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is facing a probe on the allegations of betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Srinivasan's name also figures among those charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a corruption case involving YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
Srinivasan on Sunday had categorically said that he was not taking charge of the BCCI as per the instructions of the Supreme Court but has asked other office bearers to do so.
"I have won unopposed but I am not taking charge. I have asked the new office bearers to take charge. I am awaiting the Supreme Court order. There are lot of things on me now," said Srinivasan.
Srinivasan was the lone presidential candidate put forward by the South Zone, from where he got the proposer and the seconder.
Srinivasan was elected unopposed board's chief at its annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday. Srinivasan, however, can only take charge after the Supreme Court rules on a petition filed byCricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretaryAditya Verma. The apex court will hear the case on Monday.
CAB, which is not recognised by the BCCI, had moved the Supreme Court last Monday seeking to restrain Srinivasan from getting re-elected for a third term on the ground that his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan is facing a probe on the allegations of betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Srinivasan's name also figures among those charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a corruption case involving YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy.
Srinivasan on Sunday had categorically said that he was not taking charge of the BCCI as per the instructions of the Supreme Court but has asked other office bearers to do so.
"I have won unopposed but I am not taking charge. I have asked the new office bearers to take charge. I am awaiting the Supreme Court order. There are lot of things on me now," said Srinivasan.
Srinivasan was the lone presidential candidate put forward by the South Zone, from where he got the proposer and the seconder.
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