BREAKING: SC removes Anurag Thakur as BCCI President

New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Cracking the whip on a defiant Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Supreme Court on Monday sacked its President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke.

The apex court asked why the duo should not be tried for perjury and contempt. "Why shouldn't prosecution be initiated against him (Thakur)"? 

The court said the duo hadn't complied with its July 18, 2016 order and were thus removed.

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Justice RM Lodha, who was heading the panel set up by the SC, spoke to the media and said that if the apex court's orders are not followed then consequences will be dire and that is what has happened in the case of the BCCI top brass.

"I don't want to read whether the BCCI was overconfident or not, the apex court's decision is the law of the land and everyone has to follow it," the former Chief Justice of India said.

With Inputs from Agency