Law Commission wants RTI Act to be made applicable for BCCI
The Law Commission of India has urged the central government to bring the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The commission also believes that like all other national sports federations, the BCCI needs to be made a public body.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has once again been questioned for arguing that it‘s a private body. In July 2016, the Supreme Court had asked the commission to recommend whether the cricket board can be brought under the RTI Act.
Now, it is the Law Commission of India, who has been of the opinion that the Indian cricket board fell under the definition of a public authority, and has hence recommended (or urged) the
“When all other national
The world’s richest cricketing body, BCCI has currently been operating and working as a private body under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act. And in case, the government agreed to the commission's recommendations and an organization under the RTI Act (i.e. classifying BCCI as a public body), it would mean that the PILs could be filed against the cricket board in Supreme or High Courts. These PILs could question every decision and every step of the BCCI.
