CoA announces ombudsman DK Jain to double up as BCCI's ad-hoc Ethics Officer

When the CoA had filed the 10th Status Report filed on October 28, 2018, they had requested the Supreme Court to appoint an Ethics Officer for the board in addition to an Ombudsman in order to look into the matters of Conflict of Interest. While the apex court of the land appointed Justice (Retd) DK Jain as the ombudsman as per the rules, they didn’t appoint an ethics officer, whose requirement was more than necessary, especially after Hardik Pandya-KL Rahul chat show controversy.

"The Ld. Ombudsman of the BCCI, the Hon'ble Mr. Justice D.K. Jain (retd.), shall discharge the functions of the BCCI Ethics Officer, in addition to his role as the BCCI Ombudsman, as an ad-hoc arrangement till such time that an Ethics Officer is appointed," the CoA said, reported ToI.

On March 12, Vinod Rai met Justice Jain and requested him to take over the role of ethics officer as well and after his consent, Supreme Court has signed on it.

"Since transparency and measures to avoid conflict of interest are important aspects of the reforms process, there is a need for an Ethics Officer to be appointed at the earliest...," the CoA had said in its latest status report.