In a "last-ditch attempt to protect its turf," the Board of Control for Cricket in India pleaded for the recusal of "biased" Chief Justice of India TS Thakur in its review petition filed in the Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday "against the implementation of reforms in the sports body as recommended by the Lodha committee," according to Sinha & Sidhu of the HINDUSTAN TIMES. The bench of Justices Thakur and Justice F.M. Ibrahim Kalifulla, who has since retired, "delivered the judgement on July 18 and ordered the BCCI to implement the Lodha committee report to usher in administrative changes and make the cricket body more transparent." BCCI sources said that "the CJI is biased because he mocked the board during the hearing and showed it in poor light." The sources said, "He made fun of Jagmohan Dalmiya and commented that the board appointed a 'demented person' as the BCCI chief." According to sources, the board "has also objected to Justice Thakur's comments that cricket has grown despite BCCI." The review petition also talks about how the Supreme Court has "disregarded the doctrine of separation of powers." It said that parliamentary and state enactments "have been ignored by the top court" (HINDUSTAN TIMES, 8/16).
