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BCCI under RTI
April 30 , 2018
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- The Law Commission has recommended that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) along with its constituent member cricketing associations be covered under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
- The Commission, headed by Justice (retd) B S Chauhan, has held that BCCI exercises state-like powers affecting the fundamental rights of the stakeholders, guaranteed under Part III of the Constitution.
- The Commission also noted that it falls under the definition of a public authority that has received substantial financing from governments.
- From 2007-2008 onwards, the registration of BCCI under section 12A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as a charitable trust, was withdrawn.
- Hence, it has been recommended that BCCI be viewed as an agency or instrumentality of State.
- The Commission concluded that BCCI ought to be classified as “state” within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution.
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