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Madras HC restrains BCCI office-bearers from functioning
MUMBAI: Talk about strange ironies. A little over a week after he was turned away, at the door as it were, from overseeing the elections to decide new office-bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the Madras High Court has put retired Supreme Court judge S Mohan in charge of the richest cricket board in the world.
In an interim order passed today, a division bench of the Madras High Court has restrained the newly-elected office-bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from functioning and appointed retired Supreme Court justice S Mohan as interim administrator. Subject to him agreeing to the appointment of course.
It needs recalling that a single judge bench of the Madras High Court had on 28 September appointed justice Mohan to conduct the elections in accordance with BCCI rules. This appointment was stayed by a division bench of the Madras HC the next day (the same day the BCCI elections were held).
The division bench issued its order today on a review petition filed by Chennai-based Netaji Cricket Club (NCC) that had sought to set aside the election of BCCI office bearers.
The club also wanted the newly elected members to be restrained from functioning and an interim administrator appointed to run the Board’s affairs.
The club contended it was aggrieved by a division bench order of 29 September, setting aside the single judge’s order a day earlier appointing justice Mohan as commissioner to conduct the BCCI election.
The bench questioned the manner in which BCCI elections were held last week at Kolkata, reports the Press trust of India.
“Prima Facie, we feel that an undertaking given before the court, pertaining to the conduct of the election, has been violated. We are satisfied there is a prima facie case for granting interim orders,” the Bench has been quoted by PTI as saying.
The judges also granted leave to chairman of the Maharashtra Cricket Association Dyaneshwar Agashe to file a review application.
On Thursday, Agashe had sought leave of the court to file a review application, similar to that filed by the Club.
It was after justice Mohan was prevented from conducting the BCCI election that board supremo took charge of the poll process.
In the end it came right down to the wire with Maharashtra’s political heavyweight and Unionh agriculture minister Sharad Pawar tied at 15 votes with Dalmiya’s nominee Ranbir Singh Mahendra. It was Dalmiya’s casting vote that swung the poll in Mahendra’s favour.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
