Indra Nooyi appointed as first independent female director of ICC
New Delhi: PepsiCo Chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi has been appointed to the International Cricket Council (ICC) Board as its first independent female director.
Ms. Nooyi will join the Board in June 2018 to align with the term of the ICC Independent Chairman, following the unanimous confirmation of her appointment at Friday’s meeting, an ICC release said.
“I am thrilled to join the ICC as the first person to be appointed to this role. I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board, ICC’s partners, and cricketers around the world to grow our sport responsibly and give our fans a new reason to follow every ball and shot,” Ms. Nooyi said.
ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar said: “Adding another independent director — particularly a female — is such an important step forward in improving our governance. To have someone of Indra’s calibre is fantastic news for the global game.”
The introduction of an independent director, who must be female, was approved by the ICC Full Council in June last as part of a wide-ranging constitutional change aimed at improving the governance of the sport.
The independent director is appointed for a two-year term although she may be re-appointed for two further terms with a maximum six-year consecutive period of service.
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Badlapur 'encounter' case: HC slams SIT for no FIR against five cops; 'very sorry state of affairs'
Mumbai, Apr 30 (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday slammed the crime branch's Special Investigation Team for not registering an FIR against five policemen for the alleged encounter killing of Badlapur sexual assault case accused Akshay Shinde, noting it was a "very sorry state of affairs".
After the HC sternly observed that it would be constrained to initiate contempt proceedings, public prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar assured the court that an FIR would be registered by the SIT by Saturday (May 3).
A bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale accepted Venegaonkar's assurance.
On April 7, the HC ordered the crime branch's joint commissioner Lakhami Gautam to form a special investigation team to probe the death of Shinde and register an FIR against the five policemen indicted in a magistrate's inquiry report for Shinde's death.
Last week, the high court strongly criticised the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which was initially probing the case, for not handing over the case papers to the SIT.
Pursuant to this, the CID on April 25 handed over all the papers to the SIT.
On Wednesday, when HC questioned if FIR was registered, public prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar replied in the negative.
Irked by the reply, the bench said that when there was a cognizable offence made out, the police ought to have applied their mind and registered the FIR.
"There is a responsibility cast on the police. Do not let public faith in the system down. There is a dead body. It is an unnatural death. What more revelation do you want to lodge FIR?" HC questioned.
The bench said in the absence of non-compliance of its order it would be constrained to initiate contempt proceedings.
"This is pure scuttling of directives of this court. We are not satisfied. This is a very sorry state of affairs. We are now constrained to issue contempt," the bench remarked and asked the SIT to show some "dedication" and take the matter to its logical conclusion.
Shinde (24), accused of sexually assaulting two kindergarten girls at a school in Badlapur in Thane district, was shot dead inside a police van on September 23, 2024, while being taken to Kalyan from Taloja prison for probe in another case.
The escorting police team claimed they shot him in self-defence after he snatched the gun of one of the officials and opened fire. His parents, though, alleged he was killed in a fake encounter, and filed a petition in the high court seeking an independent probe.
An inquiry report by a magistrate indicted the five policemen, stating there was substance in the claim that it was a fake encounter.
