'Not A Public Authority': BCCI Not Covered Under RTI Act, Rules CIC
Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has held that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is not a "public authority" under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, observing that the cricket body is neither established by law nor substantially financed or controlled by the government.
Information Commissioner P.R. Ramesh, while dismissing a second appeal filed by Geeta Rani seeking information regarding the BCCI’s authority to represent India in international cricket and select players for the national team, ruled that the statutory requirements under Section 2(h) of the RTI Act were not satisfied in the case of the BCCI. Read More...
