New Delhi, Feb 21 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed Justice D K Jain, a retired Supreme Court Judge as the new BCCI Ombudsman.
The Bench comprising of Justice S A Bobde and Justice A M Sapre said, "We are happy that by consent of the parties and the suggestions, the name of retired Justice D K Jain has been agreed to be appointed as the ombudsman in the BCCI."
We accordingly appoint Justice (retired) D K Jain as first ombudsman in the BCCI." Justice Jain's first responsibility after taking office would be to decide on the punishment for Hardik Pandya and K L Rahul, who were initially suspended for making sexist comments in a television chat show.