The Supreme Court appoints senior advocate Maninder Singh as amicus in BCCI matter, to listen to on July 28

The plea of the cricket body seeks to amend its constitution concerning the tenure of its office bearers including its President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah

The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed senior advocate Maninder Singh as an consultant to help it within the matter associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and stuck the hearing on the plea of the cricket body for amending its constitution concerning tenure of office bearers on July 28.

A bench comprising magistrate N V Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli took note of the actual fact that an earlier adviser has now been elevated as a judge of the apex court.

"We will appoint senior advocate Maninder Singh as an amicus in situ of P S Narasimha (now Justice P S Narasimha)," said the bench and stuck the plea of BCCI for hearing on July 28.

The plea of the cricket body seeks to amend its constitution concerning the tenure of its office bearers including its President Sourav Ganguly and Secretary Jay Shah by doing away with the mandatory cooling-off period between tenures of office bearers across state cricket associations and also the BCCI.

Earlier, the Justice RM Lodha-led committee had recommended reforms within the BCCI which are accepted by the highest court.

According to the recommendations, there should be a three-year cooling-off period for the office bearers of the BCCI after a tenure of six years once a post involves an end at the state cricket association or the BCCI level.

The BCCI, in its proposed amendment, has sought the abolition of a cooling-off period for its office bearers which might enable Ganguly and Shah to continue in office despite them having completed six years at respective state cricket associations.

The constitution of BCCI, which has been approved by the highest court stipulates a compulsory three-year cooling-off period for anyone who had served two consecutive terms of three years each within the state cricket association or BCCI.

While Ganguly was an office bearer within the Cricket Association of Bengal, Shah had served within the Gujarat Cricket Association.