<p>Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur, who was warned of contempt action over his failure to implement Lodha panel reforms in cricket, has tendered an “unconditional apology” to the Supreme Court.<br /><br />Thakur and BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke were sacked by the court on January 2 over non-compliance with its orders.<br /><br />“I humbly submit that this was never the intention of the deponent and if this is the impression that has been created, at the outset I tender my unconditional and unequivocal apology,” Thakur said in an affidavit to the court.<br /><br />Responding to the apex court’s notice of perjury, he said, he is a public servant having been elected three times as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, and has been in public life from a very early age.<br /><br />He submitted he has the “highest respect and regards for the honourable court and would never have done anything to undermine the honourable court.”<br /><br />The court had then asked him to apologise if he wanted to escape the charges.</p>.<p><em>5 judges elevated to apex court<br /> Five judges, including one from the Karnataka High Court, were on Wednesday elevated to the Supreme Court, taking its working strength to 28, reports DHNS from New Delhi.<br /><br />President Pranab Mukherjee has signed their Warrants of Appointment and the notifications will be issued shortly, sources in the government said.<br /><br />Those elevated to the apex court are five high court judges, including four chief justices of state high courts.<br /><br />They are: Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Naveen Sinha, Kerala HC Chief Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder, Chhattisgarh HC Chief Justice Dipak Gupta and Karnataka HC judge S Abdul Nazeer.<br /><br />Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant are retiring from the Supreme Court this year.</em> </p>
<p>Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur, who was warned of contempt action over his failure to implement Lodha panel reforms in cricket, has tendered an “unconditional apology” to the Supreme Court.<br /><br />Thakur and BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke were sacked by the court on January 2 over non-compliance with its orders.<br /><br />“I humbly submit that this was never the intention of the deponent and if this is the impression that has been created, at the outset I tender my unconditional and unequivocal apology,” Thakur said in an affidavit to the court.<br /><br />Responding to the apex court’s notice of perjury, he said, he is a public servant having been elected three times as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, and has been in public life from a very early age.<br /><br />He submitted he has the “highest respect and regards for the honourable court and would never have done anything to undermine the honourable court.”<br /><br />The court had then asked him to apologise if he wanted to escape the charges.</p>.<p><em>5 judges elevated to apex court<br /> Five judges, including one from the Karnataka High Court, were on Wednesday elevated to the Supreme Court, taking its working strength to 28, reports DHNS from New Delhi.<br /><br />President Pranab Mukherjee has signed their Warrants of Appointment and the notifications will be issued shortly, sources in the government said.<br /><br />Those elevated to the apex court are five high court judges, including four chief justices of state high courts.<br /><br />They are: Madras High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Rajasthan HC Chief Justice Naveen Sinha, Kerala HC Chief Justice Mohan M Shantanagouder, Chhattisgarh HC Chief Justice Dipak Gupta and Karnataka HC judge S Abdul Nazeer.<br /><br />Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant are retiring from the Supreme Court this year.</em> </p>
