Supreme Court permits advocate Harish Salve to appear virtually in BCCI matter
The Hindu
BCCI seeks to amend its constitution with regard to the tenure of its office bearers including its president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah
The Supreme Court permitted senior advocate Harish Salve to appear virtually on Wednesday when the plea of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking to amend its constitution with regard to the tenure of its office bearers, including president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah would be taken up.
A bench comprising Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli was urged by a lawyer that the scheduled Wednesday hearing of the BCCI matter has been fixed through physical mode.
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“Senior advocate Salve has been appearing in the BCCI matter. Please permit him to appear through virtual medium,” a lawyer said.
“Granted,” the CJI said.
Earlier, the bench had agreed to list the plea of BCCI for urgent hearing.
The cricket body seeks to amend its constitution with regard to the tenure of its office bearers including its President Ganguly and Secretary Shah.