Dalmiya still technically the BCCI president

The Indian board has informed the Supreme Court that Jagmohan Dalmiya is still the president of the BCCI and that his tenure has not formally ended. The interim order of the Chennai civil court had prevented the completion of the Annual General Body meeting in Kolkata on September 29 and 30 and that meant that Dalmiya was technically still the head.

That meant that Ranbir Singh Mahendra, who had prevailed in the controversial election, was the president elect. However, AM Sanghvi, a senior advocate of the BCCI, requested the court to pass an order on Wednesday for the conclusion of that AGM which would allow Dalmiya to step down the next day.

The BCCI also sought vacation of an interim order of the Supreme Court which prevented Dalmiya from becoming the Patron-in-Chief of the BCCI. Sanghvi told Press Trust of India: "There is mischievous campaign in the press as well as in other quarters that Dalmiya would assume the de facto presidentship of the board by becoming the Patron-in-Chief. The board gave an undertaking before the court that the Patron-in-Chief has no official authority in the functioning of the BCCI which is controlled by the president and other elected members."