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BCCI vs Lodha panel: SC to initiate prosecution against Anurag Thakur; defers verdict till 3 January
•There have been serious disagreements between the two parties over the age cap of 70 years on administrators, cooling off period of three years between terms, and the one state one vote policy.
BCCI vs Lodha panel: Supreme Court defers hearing till 15 December, say reports
Fpsports •The Supreme Court has postponed hearing in the BCCI versus Lodha panel case to Thursday (15 December)
BCCI vs Lodha panel: Supreme Court adjourns hearing till 14 December
Fpsports •The Lodha panel, in its report on 28 September, had called for all of BCCI's current office bearers to be replaced by a group of independent administrators.
BCCI asks state associations to keep a Plan B ready ahead of SC verdict on 5 December
•The BCCI on Friday maintained its opposition to some of the reforms recommended by the Lodha committee and will wait with bated breath for the Supreme Court's verdict on the matter come 5 December.
BCCI worried about pending tenders after top brass comes under fire from Lodha panel
•With the Lodha Committee seeking direction from the Supreme Court on appointment of former Union Home Secretary GK Pillai as observer to "guide" BCCI, the top brass of the board are unaware as to how the process of awarding nearly 100 pending tenders will be carried out.
Indian Express report doesn't absolve Chidambaram in Ishrat Jahan case
Sreemoy Talukdar •Chidambaram's haste in absolving himself of all controversy points only to the deep discomfort he still suffers from.
Papers removed 'knowingly or unknowingly' in Ishrat Jahan case: Inquiry panel report
•The one-man inquiry panel probing the missing files related to Ishrat Jahan case has concluded that the papers were "removed knowingly or unknowingly or misplaced" in September, 2009, a period when Congress leader P Chidambaram was the Home Minister.
Prove you are 'Indian': MHA to RTI seeking details of Ishrat Jahan's probe panel
•In a rare instance, the Home Ministry has asked an RTI applicant to prove he is an Indian before disclosing details about the one-member panel looking into the missing files related to the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan.
Ishrat Jahan case, Operation Greenhunt and the convenient morality of P Chidambaram
Ajay Singh •Former Union home minister P Chidambaram is an eminent lawyer. His capability to defend the indefensible can hardly be underestimated.
Ishrat Jahan case: Did Chidambaram sign affidavit referring to her as an LeT member?
Fp Staff •In an exclusive, new channel 'Times Now' claims that the an affidavit describing Ishrat Jahan as a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative was signed by then Home Minister P Chidambaram.