Lodha committee

The Supreme Court: The Supreme Court has quashed the lifetime ban imposed on former Kerala Ranji Trophy cricketer Santhosh Karunakaran by the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA).

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed the special leave petition (SLP) filed by Karunakaran against the 2021 rulings of the Kerala High Court, which had dismissed his writ petition and subsequent appeal.

The cricketer had originally approached the Ombudsman-cum-Ethics Officer in 2019, requesting implementation of model byelaws in all District Cricket Associations (DCAs) of Kerala as recommended by the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee and adopted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).