BCCI is A Public Authority Under RTI Act : CIC

Smt. Geeta Rani Vs CPIO, M/o Youth Affairs & Sports (Central Information Commission) The BCCI should be listed as a NSF covered under the RTI Act. The RTI Act should be made applicable to BCCI along with its entire constituent member cricketing associations, provided they fulfil the criteria applicable to BCCI, as discussed in the Law Commission’s Report. The LCI stated that non-consideration of the role played by the BCCI as monopolistic in regulation of the game of cricket has resulted in the board “flying under the radar of public scrutiny, encouraged an environment of opacity a...