Two court orders on Sunday have cleared the way for the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s election to commence in due time as there are no legal obligations left to challenge its progress, BCB officials said on Sunday. Two cases had been filed by former BCB director Fuad al Redwan and District and Divisional Sports Association leader Yusuf Jamil Babu – with the High Court Division bench and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court respectively – challenging the BCB election process.
Fuad, a former BCB councillor from Jamalpur, had claimed that the BCB’s nomination process for appointing councillors was not appropriate, while Yusuf had asked that the election be rescheduled.
‘The case of Fuad al Redwan was cleared by the High Court,’ BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday.
‘Our lawyers said that the Appellate Division of Supreme Court has directed us to hold the BCB election in due time. As there is no legal obligation [preventing it], we are confident that the election will be held in due time,’ he added.
Nizamuddin said that the Supreme Court had also corrected a typographical error after it came to their notice through the media that there were two different dates mentioned in the certified copy of the HC verdict on the forthcoming election.
Former BCB president Saber Hossain Chowdhury decided to quit the race on October 1, for what he said ‘fear of contempt of court’ after pointing out the inconsistency.
Saber had pointed out that the last page of the Appellate Division’s decision said that the election should be held following the amended constitution of November 21, but the BCB was following the constitution amended on November 29.
Meanwhile, the BCB has failed to form the Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing tribunals as per the time frame recently outlined by its president, Nazmul Hasan.
Nazmul had declared in a press briefing last week that the BCB would form the tribunals by October 6.
Nizamuddin said that they would be able to form the tribunals within a few days.
‘We are hopeful of completing the terms and conditions with the concerned parties within a couple of days before we can disclose their names,’ said Nizamuddin.
Financial disagreements between the BCB and the members of the tribunals are thought to be the main cause for the delay.
-With New Age input
