A bench of Justices S.A. Nazeer and J.K. Maheshwari said: "Issue notice. Status quo to be continued until further orders, List after four weeks." The bench sought reply from the Centre and others on the plea filed by the IOA.
The Indian Olympic Association and any other National Sports Federations (NSFs) must not be recognised or given any facilities by the Centre, according to the court's directive. This is true even if they agree to follow the Sports Code.
Easily one of the most high profile names to assume office, Ganguly will make use of his experience gained as the secretary and later president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), which will come in handy.
Pandya and Rahul had been suspended briefly for their inappropriate conduct in a chat show and were flown back from the team during the Australia series.
It has also came to light that General Manager, Cricket Operations, Saba Karim, had suggested the name to the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai.
Khanna also requested CoA and BCCI office-bearers to resolve the matter as soon as possible.
Ideally, the court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) should not have got bogged in a purely cricketing matter, but since like all judicially-imposed bodies it is guilty of over-reach it cannot duck a role in putting an end to a controversy that might even end the career of a celebrated star.
There were also allegations against Johri about inappropriate behaviour with a female employee of the BCCI.
CoA has told Ravi Shastri to “let people be the judge”, on whether this is the best travelling team.
Johri submitted his explanation on October 20 and has denied the allegations.
