The National Sports Council (NSC) on November 29 last year amended the constitution of the BCB, saying that the board executive committee will be nominated through selection instead of holding election.
Delivering the verdict, the HC said the NSC has no authority to amend the constitution of the BCB.
The HC bench of Justice Sarah Mahbub and Justice Abdur Rab delivered the verdict after hearing the writ petition jointly filed by Yousuf Jamil Babu, president of the Bangladesh District and Divisional Sports Organisers' Association, and Mobasher Hossain, a former BCB director.
They filed the petition on December 13 last year saying that the NSC has illegally brought amendment to the BCB constitution although it has no authority to bring any amendment to the constitution.
Barrister Mahbub Shafique, a lawyer for the petitioner, told The Daily Star that the BCB executive committee will be elected following the HC order.
Earlier on December 14 last year, the HC issued a rule nisi on the National Sports Council (NSC) asking them why the amended constitution of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) should not be considered illegal.
The NSC on November 29 approved BCB's new constitution, bringing in major changes to the one that had been sent to them after an extraordinary general meeting of the BCB on March 1. One of the changes adopted and approved in the amended 2012 BCB constitution was that the BCB president would be elected by the directors instead of the councillors.
Earlier, a BCB president was nominated by the government. The previous board, the tenure of which expired on November 26, however adopted a resolution for an elected BCB president through councillors' vote which the NSC eventually did not endorse.
The NSC also approved an increase of councillorship of the top six Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League clubs (according to the last standings of the League) from one to two and the new constitution also relaxed the clause about the councillorship of the district and divisional organisations. Under the amended constitution, someone from other districts can obtain councillorship of any district.
The BCB is currently being run by an ad-hoc committee.
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