Aditya Verma threatens to file contempt petition if N Srinivasan attends ICC meeting as BCCI representative

Unrecognised Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) secretary Aditya Verma on Wednesday said he would file a contempt petition before the Supreme Court if under-fire N Srinivasan attends the International Cricket Council executive board meeting in Dubai. (Read: Srinivasan has hijacked BCCI, says Verma)

Verma said Srinivasan cannot represent the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the April 9-10 ICC meeting in the light of the recent Supreme Court order.

"Srinavasan is to attend the scheduled ICC executive board meeting in Dubai on April 9th/10th as BCCI 'representative' despite being sidelined from the Indian cricket Board's affairs following an Hon'ble Supreme Court Directive," Verma said in a statement. (Also read: BCCI wants Dhoni, Srinivasan tapes from Supreme Court)

"As per Hon'ble Supreme Court's Order dated 28.03.2014, in SLP (C) No/25027 of 2013, Mr N Srinivasan, president of BCCI, had made a written offer to Hon'ble Supreme Court, through his counsel, that till investigation, into which allegations against him are completed he shall not discharge any of the functions of President of BCCI. The Hon'ble Supreme Court via its order dated 28.03.2014 further directed that none of the employees of India Cements or its associate companies (except cricket players and commentators) will perform any of the duties assigned to them by the BCCI."

"In view of the aforestated directive of Hon'ble Supreme Court, N Srinivasan cannot represent BCCI, being an employee of India Cements and the same is violative of the Order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court and thus contemptuous in nature," said Verma.

Reports have said that Srinivasan "will attend the ICC Board meeting" despite being sidelined from the Cricket Board's affairs following the Supreme Court directive. (Also read: Aditya Verma steps up pressure on Sunil Gavaskar to oust Sundar Raman as IPL COO)

A senior Board official had confirmed that Srinivasan "will attend the ICC Board meeting", according to 'ESPNcricinfo'.

While the Supreme Court had shunted out Srinivasan from all affairs of the Board, the two-judge bench had declined to pass an order in relation to his role in ICC affairs, saying it was an "internal" matter of the BCCI.

Normally, the BCCI president is inducted onto the ICC board as a Director and the secretary attends the ICC Chief Executive Committee meetings.

At every Annual General Meeting, it is the BCCI president who nominates the Board's representative at ICC meetings, and at the last meeting held in Chennai on September 29, 2013, it was verbally decided that "Srinivasan will continue to be in the (ICC) executive board and Sanjay Patel (secretary) in the CEC."