{"id":594,"date":"2018-01-18T10:04:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T10:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=594"},"modified":"2018-01-18T10:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T10:04:10","slug":"supreme-court-accepts-former-bcci-chief-anurag-thakur-s-apology-in-contempt-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/supreme-court-accepts-former-bcci-chief-anurag-thakur-s-apology-in-contempt-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court accepts former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur&#8217;s apology in contempt case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">Source &#8211;<strong> indiatoday.intoday.in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The Supreme Court on Friday accepted former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur&#8217;s fresh unconditional apology for filing a false affidavit in connection with a contempt case against him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The apex court has will now conduct hearing in the matter on September 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">On Thursday, Thakur had tendered apology in the top court after the three-judge bench, headed by Justice Dipak Misra and comprising of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud, had earlier asked the former president for the same.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">On June 27, Justice R.M. Lodha Committee&#8217;s recommendations, mandated by the Supreme Court, was to be made effective when members of the Indian cricket board decided to appoint fresh committee to see how quickly the principal order of Supreme Court can be implemented.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The apex court passed its verdict on July 18, 2016 accepting the majority of the reforms suggested by the three-member panel, headed by Justice Lodha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">On April 17, Thakur filed his reply before the apex court in connection with a contempt notice served against him for filing a false affidavit in the top court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The apex court had granted relief to Thakur and had exempted his personal appearance in the court till the next date of hearing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">Thakur tendered an unconditional apology to the apex court in connection with his initiation of contempt proceedings case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The apex court, on January 2, issued a notice to Thakur seeking an explanation as to why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The court had sought a reply from Thakur regarding perjury charges levelled against him by the amicus curiae Gopal Subramanian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">On December 15, the top court had observed that Thakur, prima facie, appears to have committed matter of perjury in relation to demanding an intervention via a letter from the International Cricket Council ( ICC) in order to sidestep the implementation of the Lodha Committee recommendations<b style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/supreme-court-accepts-former-bcci-chief-anurag-thakur-s-apology-in-contempt-case\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"5\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211; indiatoday.intoday.in The Supreme Court on Friday accepted former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Anurag Thakur&#8217;s fresh unconditional apology for filing a false affidavit in connection with a contempt case against him. The apex court has will now conduct hearing in the matter on September 5. 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