Supreme Court ordered BCCI to implement Lodha Panel reforms by October 15

Supreme Court ordered BCCI to implement Lodha Panel reforms by October 15

BCCI Challenges Implementation Of Lodha Panel Reforms, Moves Supreme Court

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has moved the Supreme Court and has sought a review of the Lodha Panel recommendations.

The BCCI have been asked to implement the Lodha Panel reforms by October 15.

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HIGHLIGHTS

• 1Supreme Court ordered BCCI to implement Lodha Panel reforms by October 15
• 2Justice Katju had called the Lodha Panel bogus
• 3BCCI have said the July 18 verdict has some mistakes

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has challenged the implementation of the Justice Lodha Panel reforms and has moved the Supreme Court, asking them to review the July 18 order.

In a petition to the Supreme Court, the BCCI have argued that the July 18 verdict has several mistakes and they want the review to be done by a five-judge bench.

The petition argues that the Lodha Panel does not have the powers and expertise to deal with the case and has said the Supreme Court has outsourced the verdict through the Lodha Panel which is not permissable under the law.

BCCI further said the judgment authored by the CJI and Justice F M I Kalifulla (since retired) has "neither noted the contentions and facts correctly, nor dealt with the same". "The judgment is unconstitutional and contrary to many binding precedents of this Court and adversely affects and nullifies the fundamental rights granted to citizens under Article 19(1)(c) of the Constitution," it said, adding "the judgment outsources judicial power to a committee of retired judges, which is impermissible in law."

"The judgment is a nullity as the judges were functus officio after passing of the main judgment of January 22, 2015 and the matter could not have been revived suo motu as no provision of law empowers the same and is contrary to the doctrine of separation of powers and contrary to settled law that the judiciary cannot make laws," the plea said.

This comes in the wake of Justice Markandey Katju calling the Lodha panel 'bogus' and has stressed that the Supreme Court cannot force reforms on the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The Lodha panel was created to restructure the Indian cricket board.

The report, which was presented to the BCCI, added, "The matter ought to have been forwarded by the Supreme Court with the Lodha committee recommendations to Parliament with its own recommendation. So that Parliament could enact a law if required."

The report also pointed out that the order does not apply to State Associations as it infringes the rights in Article 19 ( c ) of the constitution.

The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha Panel categorically instructed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to implement a 15-step reform by October 15 ranging from constitutional reforms to principles of awarding various contracts, including lucrative TV rights.

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Dipa Karmakar narrowly missed a medal yet made history in the women's vault final at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Dipa Karmakar narrowly missed a medal yet made history in the women's vault final at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Dipa Karmakar Narrowly Misses Rio Olympics Gymnastics Bronze

Dipa Karmakar finished agonisingly close to winning a medal at the Rio Olympics, after being placed fourth with an aggregate score of 15.066 in the women's vault final

India's Dipa Karmakar competes in the women's vault final of artistic gymnastics at Olympics.

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• 1Dipa Karmakar finished fourth in the gymnastics women's vault final
• 2Karmakar missed out narrowly on an Olympic medal
• 3The Agartala gymnast scored an aggregate of 15.066

Dipa Karmakar narrowly missed a medal yet made history in the women's vault final at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She finished an agonising fourth but still produced the best-ever performance by an Indian gymnast in Olympics history here on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Dipa, who had become the first Indian woman gymnast to have qualified for the Olympics, scored an average of 15.066 points, a mere 0.15 less than the eventual bronze winner Giulia Steingruber (15.216) of Switzerland.

"I did my vault as best as I can. Will do better in 2020 Olympics," Dipa told NDTV after her event. "Very sad to have finished fourth. If I came fifth or sixth it would have hurt less. But fourth!"

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The gold went to American pre-event favourite Simone Biles (15.966), adding to the two gold she has already won in team event and all-round in this Olympics.

Reigning vault world champion Maria Paseka of Russia got the silver with an average of 15.253 points.

Dipa, who had scored 14.850 in the qualifying round, could have got more points had she not landed on her haunches in her risky 'Produnova' vault for which she is now known all over the world.

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Coming in as the sixth competitor in the finals, the Tripura girl went for the 'Tsukahara' in her first attempt in which she collected 14.866 points. She went for a difficulty level of 6 and got 8.855 for the execution.

In her 'Produnova', Dipa did everything right except that she did not have a perfect landing as she just touched the ground and thereby losing points.

She scored 15.266 from her 'Produnova' with 8.266 points for execution for a difficulty level of 7. The average of the two attempts gave her 15.066, a mere 0.15 difference with bronze winner Steingruber.

Dipa, who won a bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, had some anxious moments as she waited for her score to come on the scoreboard.

Her coach Biswesar Nandi hugged her after the 'Produnova' vault and Dipa herself gave a thumbs up to the camera but it seemed that it dawned on both of them that it was not a perfect landing in the most risky vault which very few in the world attempted.

Dipa was the second competitor to perform the 'Produnova' in the finals, the other being 2008 Beijing vault silver winner Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, who finished seventh in the eight-woman finals with an average point of 14.833.

Dipa, however, will hold her head high as she has scripted history by becoming the first India to qualify for the vault finals in her first Olympics.

Apart from being the first Indian woman, she was also the first Indian gymnast to have qualified for the Olympics after 52 long years.

Since independence, 11 Indian male gymnasts have taken part in the Olympics (two in 1952, three in 1956 and six in 1964), but this was the first for an Indian woman at the Olympics.

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Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals in Rio.

Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals in Rio.

Mo Farah wins record-breaking third gold but Jessica Ennis-Hill settles for silver - What you missed last night at Rio 2016

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Six things you probably slept through

1. Farah writes his name into the history books

Mo Farah became the first British track and field athlete to win three Olympic gold medals on Saturday night after he retained his 10,000 metres title in Rio.

The 33 year-old continued his unprecedented spell of long-distance domination by landing his eighth straight global crown, but he did it the hard way after falling to the track following a trip from training partner Galen Rupp.

 Mo Farah looks to the heavens after winning the 10,000m CREDIT: REUTERS

He recovered from two early falls to respond to the challenge laid down by Kenya's Paul Tanui, bursting past him down the home straight and crossing the line in 27 minutes 5.17 seconds.

Victory saw him eclipse the Olympic achievements of the likes of athletics double champions Sebastian Coe, Daley Thompson and Kelly Holmes.

2. Jessica Ennis-Hill misses the gold by seconds 

The Olympic champion fell agonisingly short in her bid to become the first British woman to retain an Olympic title in athletics as she settled for silver, finishing 35 points behind brilliant young Belgian Nafissatou Thiam.

After two days of see-saw competition, Thiam went into the final event with a lead of 142 points, which equated to around nine seconds.

Ennis's personal best before Rio was 9.47 seconds better than Thiam's and she ran hard from the front to finish well clear.

Thiam, however, dug deep to come in just over seven seconds behind, a second inside her personal best, and good enough to take gold.

Jessica Ennis-Hill smiles after securing silver in the women's heptathlon  CREDIT: PA 

3. Rutherford loses title in the long jump final

Defending Olympic Champion Greg Rutherford could only manage bronze in his final attempt in the long jump final, as gold medallist Jeff Henderson of the USA and silver medallist Luvo Manyonga beat him comfortably.

Henderson claimed gold in a drama-filled competition in which a trailing left hand from his compatriot Jarrion Lawson was all that spared Rutherford from walking away empty-handed. 

Lawson finished fourth but his final jump went way beyond that of Henderson's, only for his left hand's contact in the sandpit to ruin his jump - and his medal hopes with it.

Henderson managed a best of 8.38 metres, finishing 1cm ahead of South African Luvo Manyonga, with Rutherford only managing 8.29 in his final jump. 

With Rutherford only just qualifying in tenth place for the final, it was always going to be a huge challenge coming back to defend his title. 

Greg Rutherford manages a smile after securing bronze for Team GB  CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES

4. Michael Phelps wins 23rd and final gold medal 

The United States won the men's 4x100 metres medley relay on Saturday after Ryan Murphy had given them a world record start that propelled Michael Phelps to a 23rd gold medal in his final Olympic race.

Britain took the silver medal and Australia bronze. Phelps, who swam the third butterfly leg, ends the most successful Olympic career of all time with 23 golds, three silver and two bronze.

Murphy broke the world record for the 100 backstroke in the leadoff, clocking 51.85 seconds to eclipse the 51.94 that compatriot Aaron Peirsol swam in 2009.

Britain's Olympic champion Adam Peaty then swam the breaststroke leg in a scorching 56.59 seconds to move his team up from sixth to first place, with Cody Miller touching second for the U.S. at half-way.

A huge roar went up when Phelps hit the water for the butterfly and then caught and overhauled Britain's James Guy to hand a 0.41 second cushion to Nathan Adrian.

After the race, Phelps raised his alarms aloft to acknowledge the cheers from the crowd, while fiancee Nicole wiped tears from her eyes as she cradled their baby, Boomer, in the crowd.

5. Elaine Thompson wins women's 100m final 

Amid all the talk of Usain Bolt’s bid to become the first sprinter to win a hat-trick of Olympic 100 metres titles, it had almost been forgotten that Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce could beat her Jamaica team-mate to it.

But she failed to do so last night after being dethroned by the latest sprinting sensation from the island, Elaine Thompson, who produced the fastest gold medal-winning run since Flo-Jo to storm to the title.

Thompson’s 10.71 seconds was the joint 12th fastest time in history, with Fraser-Pryce not even able to finish second despite an injury-plagued season’s best of 10.86s.

The deposed champion had to settle for bronze, with Tori Bowie of the United States taking silver in 10.83s.

Elaine Thompson celebrates as she crosses the line first in the women's 100m final CREDIT: REUTERS

6. British cyclists continue to dominate the track

Team GB brushed aside USA in the women's team pursuit final on Saturday night in world record time as Britain's gold rush in the velodrome continued apace.

After trailing early on, the quartet of Laura Trott, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker and Joanna Rowsell-Shand cranked up the pace to devastating effect, winning in 4min 10.236sec - nearly two seconds quicker than the world record they set in the heats.

Britain won by 2.218 seconds - a country mile in the world of track pursuiting - to match the feat of the Sir Bradley Wiggins-inspired men's team who won a much tighter duel with Australia to win gold on Friday, also in a world record time.

Trott, 24, became the first female British Olympian to win three gold medals and is now only one behind the four of her fiancé Jason Kenny who could take his tally to five in Sunday's sprint.   Kenny will face team-mate Callum Skinner in the men's sprint final after the duo beat Denis Dmitriev and Matthew Glaetzer respectively in Saturday night's semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Rebecca James won an emotional silver medal in the women's keirin after the Welshwoman ended a miserable couple of years by standing on the second spot of the podium below Elis Ligtlee of Holland but above Australian track legend Anna Meares who had to settle for bronze.

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