SC rules in favour of Ganguly and Jay Shah, cooling-off period relaxed: reports

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of BCCI's office-bearers, which will allow current president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah to get an extension to their term.

The board had put in a plea for amendments in its constitution on mandatory cooling off period and tenure of its office bearers. And the apex court accepted the proposed changes.

SC in its order stated that office bearers can have continuous tenure of 12 years which includes six years in State Association and six years in BCCI. Both Ganguly and Shah's three-year term in the BCCI was set to expire shortly and had the colling-off period not waved off, both of them would have not been able to contest the elections. But after the verdict, BCCI office bearers will be allowed to take one term each at the State association or BCCI.

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Now, Sourav Ganguly and Honorary secretary Jay Shah can re-contest the BCCI elections which are likely to take place at the end of September or early October.