The Supreme Court has asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and all the State cricket associations why they shouldn’t come under the purview of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025.

The comments came from a Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana which was hearing applications filed by some cricket bodies relating to the BCCI issue. The judges questioned BCCI and State cricket associations on why the terms and conditions of service of their office bearers shouldn’t be governed by the 2025 Act which is now in force.

The Supreme Court had earlier constituted a committee headed by former CJI Justivce RM Lodha, with the mandate to suggest reform measures including framing a constitution for the BCCI.

Those recommendations which were eventually made by the committee were accepted by the Court as well.

In September 2022, the Supreme Court had allowed modification of the BCCI’s constitution and said that an office bearer can have continuous tenure of 12 years which includes six years in State association and six years in BCCI before the cooling-off period of three years triggers.

It had said that an office bearer can serve on a particular post for two consecutive terms, both at the BCCI and the State association level, after which he would have to serve three years cooling-off period.

The constitution of the BCCI, which was earlier approved by the Supreme Court, stipulated a mandatory three-year cooling-off period for anyone who had served two consecutive terms of three years each in the State cricket association or the BCCI.