What to expect from the Lodha panel

The Lodha committee, which comprises three members, was constituted by the Supreme Court in January 2015 while hearing various cases related to the IPL 2013 corruption scandal, including the public interest litigation filed by the Cricket Association of Bihar. RM Lodha, former chief justice of India, along with former Supreme Court justices Ashok Bhan and RV Raveendran are the three members of the panel.

Along with determining the quantum of punishment for the accused in the 2013 IPL corruption scandal (which was out last July), the Lodha Committee was also asked by the Supreme Court to examine and make suitable recommendations to the BCCI "for such reforms in its practices and procedures and such amendments in the memorandum of Association, rules and regulations as may be considered necessary and proper on matters set out by the court."

Along with submitting its report to the Supreme Court, the panel will also concurrently hand over a copy of its report to the BCCI for its perusal.

The report would be submitted to the court. It is not known exactly which judge(s) will hear the case, but it is likely that TS Thakur, chief justice of India, and justice Ibrahaim Kalifullah, the two-judge bench which heard most of the 2013 case, might give out the final order on the case.

The panel would submit the recommendations to the court, which has the powers to decide which part(s) of the report would be binding upon the BCCI.

The Lodha committee was also asked by the court to examine the role of former IPL chief operating officer Sundar Raman "into his activities" related to his role in the 2013 IPL corruption scandal. The court asked the committee to "impose a suitable punishment" upon Raman on behalf of BCCI if he was found guilty.

Raman was named in the Mudgal panel report in 2014, which revealed that he knew "a contact of a bookie and contacted him eight times in one season", but claimed to be "unaware of his connection with betting activities".The report also said that Raman received information about Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra betting, but did not act on it. Meiyappan and Kundra were banned for life after they were found guilty by the Lodha committee.