Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Supreme Court Names Former Patna HC Judge Bihar Cricket Administrator
The Supreme Court chose Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh to manage the Bihar Cricket Association for now.
He is a former judge of the Patna High Court.
Another former judge, Chakradhari Sharan Singh, had been chosen earlier but could not take the job for personal reasons.
The court has stopped the current cricket association board from holding its annual meeting.
This pause will continue until the new administrator starts work.
A report found problems with the groups allowed to vote in BCA elections.
It said the 2025 elections were not conducted freely and fairly.
The administrator must check the district cricket associations before new elections can be held.
The Supreme Court appointed former Patna High Court judge Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh as Bihar Cricket Association administrator.
The previous appointee, former Orissa High Court Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh, cited personal reasons for being unable to serve.
The court barred the current BCA board from holding its annual general meeting until the new administrator takes charge.
An ombudsman’s report found discrepancies in the BCA electoral college and said the 2025 elections were not freely and fairly conducted.
The ombudsman recommended verifying district cricket associations, reconstituting the electoral college, and holding fresh elections under BCA rules.
- Who
- The Supreme Court appointed former Patna High Court judge Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh as administrator of the Bihar Cricket Association.
- What
- The court appointed a new administrator and temporarily restrained the existing BCA board from holding its annual general meeting.
- When
- The appointment was made on Wednesday; the article does not provide a date.
- Where
- The case concerns the Bihar Cricket Association; the Supreme Court proceedings were reported from New Delhi.
- Why
- The appointment followed the previous administrator’s inability to serve and an ombudsman’s findings about discrepancies in the BCA electoral college and its 2025 elections.
- New administrator
- Justice Ashwani Kumar Singh, a former Patna High Court judge
- Previous administrator
- Former Orissa High Court Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh
- Court restriction
- The current BCA board cannot hold its annual general meeting until the new administrator takes charge.
- Ombudsman
- Former Supreme Court judge Justice L. Nageswara Rao
- Election finding
- The ombudsman said the BCA’s 2025 elections could not be deemed freely and fairly conducted.
- Recommended process
- Verify district cricket association credentials, reconstitute the electoral college, and hold elections for the district associations and BCA.