FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016 (PAGE 16) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU

SC threatens perjury, contemptproceedings against BCCI Prez

NEW DELHI, Dec 15:The Supreme Court today

threatened to initiate contemptand perjury proceedings againstBCCI President Anurag Thakurfor asking the ICC CEO for aletter but denying it on oath,warning he may have to go tojail if found guilty.

The court reminded theBCCI top brass that Thakur asPresident of the board had askedfor a letter from ICC CEO DaveRichardson that the appointmentof a CAG nominee in the cricketbody would compromise withautonomy and amount to gov-ernment interference.

The bench, comprising ChiefJustice T S Thakur, Justices A MKhanwilkar and D YChandrachud, pulled up theBCCI for trying to mislead thecourt and warned Thakur that hemay land in jail if the apex courtpronounces its order in perjuryproceedings.

"Why are you trying to mis-lead the court? If you want toescape perjury charges, youought to apologise. At everystage you have been trying toobstruct. Everyone wants to goaround and continue to hold thepost even after 70 years. This issuch a lucrative business thateveryone wants to go on forever.

"Freedom of expressionallows you to disagree with theorder but you can't obstructimplementation of order. Oncewe pronounce the order (in per-jury proceedings), you will haveno other place to go except jail,"the court said.

The top court also referred toa letter by the current ICCChairman Shashank Manoharand said even he has said thatThakur had asked for such a let-ter, which he had refused.

While the bench wasdwelling on the issue of JusticeR M Lodha panel's suggestion toappoint former Home SecretaryG K Pillai as an observer ofBCCI, senior advocate KapilSibal, appearing for the board,

said, "we have strong reserva-tions but I don't want to comeout with the reason in publicdomain".

However, expressing itsstrong displeasure againstAnurag Thakur's conduct, thebench said "If you are asking fora letter from ICC, we primafacie feel that you are in con-tempt and we also prima faciefeel that you are liable for per-jury and we are inclined tolaunch prosecution."

"Manohar is very clear. Youdid ask him to write a letter fromICC that CAG nominee in BCCIwould affect the autonomy ofthe board. What was the occa-sion for you to raise this and sayso? CAG nominee was for main-taining the transparency.

"What was the occasion toraise this issue after the judge-ment of this court? How can youtell ICC CEO to give a letter thatwhat this court has said in itsjudgement about CAG nomineeamounts to governmental inter-ference. This amounts to per-jury," the bench said.

The apex court said that byasking the ICC to write such aletter, BCCI has intended todefeat the purpose of the verdict,that too when the bench hadmade it clear that appointmentof CAG nominee would bringabout transparency in the cricketbody.

On the issue of Thakur ask-ing ICC for letter, Subramaniamsaid that Manohar had also saidthat the letter was asked for.

"He (Thakur) is prima faciein contempt of court and perjuryboth. How can we have such aperson at the helm of affairs whois prima facie in contempt of the

court," he asked.He also suggested that

besides Pillai, two more personsshould be there in the panel ofobservers to oversee the affairsof BCCI.

When the bench asked himto suggest some names for it, hereferred to the names of formerCAG Vinod Rai and retiredcricketer Mohinder Amarnath.

On July 18, the court hadaccepted major recommenda-tions of the Lodha Committeeon reforms in BCCI, including abar on ministers and civil ser-vants and those above 70 frombecoming its members, but left itto Parliament to decide whetherit should come under RTI orwhether betting on the gameshould be legalised.

The apex court had alsoaccepted the recommendationsof the Committee headed byretired Chief Justice of IndiaJustice R M Lodha to have aCAG nominee in BCCI.

The bench had, however,rejected BCCI's objectionagainst recommendations for'one-state, one-vote' and saidthat states like Maharashtra andGujarat having more than onecricket association will havevoting rights on rotational basis.

The bench also accepted therecommendation that one personshould hold one post in the cricketadministration to avoid conflict ofinterest and scrapping of all admin-istrative committees in BCCI afterthe CAG nominee comes in.

The apex court-appointedLodha Committee had onJanuary 4 recommended sweep-ing reforms and an administra-tive shake-up in the troubledBCCI. (PTI)

India eye biggest-ever win,England aim to salvage pride

CHENNAI, Dec 15:Cricket will provide the rav-

aged city some succour and theIndian team an opportunity torecord its biggest-ever seriesvictory against England whenthe two sides lock horns in thefifth and final Test starting heretomorrow.

The match will also be achance for the Indians to stretchtheir unbeaten run to a record 18matches.

The southern metropolis hasbeen ravaged by CycloneVardah that left in its wake,large-scale destruction. Thecatastrophe did not spare theiconic Cheapauk either, but thesquare and the outfield have notbeen damaged.

In their quest to get thevenue ready in time, the groundstaff were yesterday seen usingburning coal to dry the pitch tobe used for the match, whichwas rendered inconsequentialafter India wrapped up the serieswith a convincing win inMumbai.

Training was cancelled yes-terday owing to a wet ground,despite the stadium boasting ofone of the best drainage systemsin the country.

India are leading the five-match series 3-0 and should theytaste success in the final Test, itwill be their biggest against

England, the previous being the3-0 whitewash in 1992-93 underMohammed Azharuddin's cap-taincy.

It will be a sweet revenge forthe twin defeats, including a 4-0drubbing in 2011, which Indiasuffered at the hands of Englandin the last two series between thetwo nations.

Having clinched the rubber,skipper Virat Kohli has assertedthat India would now "reallyexpress ourselves fully" andhope to make it 4-0 againstopponents who are lookingbruised and battered.

Kohli has been in the form ofhis life, having become the firstIndian to notch up three doublecenturies in a calendar year.

Entering the game on theback of a monumental 235 inMumbai, Kohli is in no mood torelax and is expected to pilemore misery on the beleagueredEnglish outfit.

The 28-year-old, who isamong just five batsmen, includ-ing Don Bradman and RickyPonting, to amass three double-centuries in a single year, is 135short of bettering SunilGavaskar's (774 runs) record ofmost runs by an Indian in a sin-gle series.

Undoubtedly, Kohli willonce again be the cynosure of alleyes at Chepauk, which is host-

ing a Test after a gap of threeyears during which time Indiahave risen to number one in theICC rankings.

While Kohli loves to leadfrom the front, he has in his arse-nal an array of players who canproduce match-winning per-formances, be it with the willowor the ball.

With questions being raisedover his future as captain,Alastair Cook will be keen toturn around what has so far beena winter of discontent andrestore some pride before theygo into the Christmas break.

Both the teams are unlikelyto get a feel of the ground beforethe real action kicks off.

Teams (from):India: Virat Kohli (Captain),

Murali Vijay, KL Rahul,Cheteshwar Pujara, ManishPandey, Ravichandran Ashwin,Parthiv Patel, Ravindra Jadeja,Amit Mishra, Shardul Thakur,Umesh Yadav, Karun Nair, JayantYadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

England: Alastair Cook(Captain), Keaton Jennings,Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow(WK), Jake Ball, Gary Ballance,Gareth Batty, Stuart Broad, JosButtler, Ben Duckett, StevenFinn, Liam Dawson, AdilRashid, Joe Root, Ben Stokes,Chris Woakes.

Match starts 9:30am. (PTI)

BRISBANE, Dec 15:

Skipper Steve Smith scored ahundred and rookies MattRenshaw and Peter Handscombhalf-centuries as Australia tookan early grip on the pink-ballfirst Test against Pakistan inBrisbane today.

Smith, dropped on 53,showed the way as theAustralians built the foundationsfor a sturdy first innings afterwinning the toss.

At the close before a first dayGabba crowd of more than26,000, the home side were 288for three with Smith on 110 andHandscomb, playing in only hissecond Test match, not out on64.

Smith raised his 16th Testcentury with a driven four offMohammad Amir with threeovers left in the day. It came off184 balls with 15 fours.

The pair put on an unbrokenstand of 137 runs for the fourthwicket after young opener

Renshaw chipped in with animpressive 71 also playing in hissecond Test.

Smith was put down on 53nearing the dinner break whenan edge off spinner Azhar Aliwent in and out of wicketkeeperSarfraz Ahmed's gloves.(Agencies)

Pranav Rajput of DPSmakes mark as SEOExcelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: 16 yearold Pranav Rajput, a student ofclass XI-F of Delhi PublicSchool Jammu is an aspiringentrepreneur who has made amark as a Search EngineOptimizer (SEO), Blogger andOnline Content Writer.

Having worked with some ofthe reputed MNC’s around theworld such as Api.ai and Movai,Pranav is currently earning ahandsome amount through han-dling of Search Engine opti-mization campaigns of severalcompanies’ advertisement net-work and blogging.

In a special interactive ses-

sion organized in the schooltoday, Pranav presented animpressive PPT display andshared a video of his talk givenat an International BusinessMeet at New Delhi. This wasfollowed by Question/Answersession with his peer group.

Addressing the students,Principal, Ruchi Chhabra con-gratulated Pranav and encour-aged other students to moveahead with confidence, focusand zeal. She also recited a stan-za from Dougles Malloch’sPoem ‘Be the best of whateveryou are, to drive home the point.

Later, she presented a trophyand a certificate to Pranav as atoken of appreciation.

Pranav Rajput of DPS alongwith Principal Ruchi Chhabraand other dignitaries in Jammu.

India colts thrash Malaysia by235 runs in Asia Cup opener

COLOMBO, Dec 15:

Talented Mumbai boyPrithvi Shaw hit 89 while skip-per Abhishek Sharma producedan all-round performance asIndia U-19 trounced minnowsMalaysia counterparts by 235runs in the opening group leagueencounter of the Junior Asia Cuptournament.

Opting to bat, India U-19scored 289 for 8 with openerPrithvi struck 12 boundaries anda six in 79 balls.

Malaysia were bundled outfor 54 in 22.3 overs.

Prithvi added 89 for theopening wicket with HimanshuRana (31) and 74 for the thirdwicket with skipper Abhishek,who hit seven fours and a six for

his 59 in 66 balls.Wicketkeeper-batsman Het

Patel (58) and Rahul Chahar(34) added 70 runs for the sev-enth wicket.

In reply, Malaysia werenever in the match with seamerKamlesh Nagarkoti grabbing 4for 12 in 7 overs. SkipperSharma capped off a fine matchtaking 2 for 9 in 5 overs.

Off-spinner Yash Thakurtook 2 for 19 in five overs.

Brief Scores: India U19289/8 (Prithvi Shaw 89,Abhishek Sharma 59, Het Patel58)

Malaysia 54 in 22.3 overs(Kamlesh Nagarkoti 4/12,Abhishek Sharma 2/9). IndiaU19 won by 235 runs. (PTI)

Neha Gupta, D/o NarinderGupta and NeeluGupta, W/oAvneet Gupta,R/o Barnai,Akhnoor Road,Jammu, who hasbeen declared

qualified for the degree ofDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) inBusiness Management(Business Studies) by theUniversity of Jammu. Sheworked on the topic,“Organizational Climate andCustomer Satisfaction in theBanking Sector: AComparative Study,” underthe supervision of Prof NeeluRohmetra.

Monica Sharma, D/oGopal DassSharma andSuman Sharma,W/o HS Virat,R/o Pirmitha,Jammu, who hasbeen declared

qualified for the award of thedegree of Doctor ofPhilosophy (PhD) inSociology by the University ofJammu. She worked on thetopic, “Science, Technologyand Culture in the Field ofAgriculture: A Study of RanbirSingh Pura, Jammu,” underthe supervision of Dr SureshBabu GS.

Sonia Sharma, D/o BawaDitta Sharma,who has beendeclared quali-fied for theaward of thedegree of Doctorof Philosophy

(PhD) in English by theUniversity of Jammu. Sheworked on the topic,“Canadian Nationalism andEthno-Racial Aspirations: AStudy of the Selected Plays ofDrew Hayden Taylor, TomsonHighway and George Ryga,”under the supervision of Dr.Subhash Chander,Department of English,University of Jammu.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: Two daysDistrict Kupwara WushuChampionship concluded atGulistan Public School,Villgam, here today.

Around 200 students drawnfrom various Schools participat-ed in the event.

Principal of the School,Abdul Hamid Khan distributedmedals and trophies among theplayers and lauded the efforts ofDistrict Kupwara Wushu

Association for promotion ofthis sports discipline.

Aijaz Ahmed, GeneralSecretary, District KupwaraWushu Association appealedJ&K State Sports Council forproviding better facilities to thismedal winning sport.

General Secretary of J&KWushu Association, KuldeepHandoo lauded the efforts of theorganizers for holding the eventdespite chilly weather condi-tions.

STC dominates on Day-1 of Senior State Basketball

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: SAITraining Centre Jammu estab-lished their supremacy on theDay -1 of the Senior StateBasketball Championship whichgot underway at the MAStadium here today.

Besides the STC, the menteams of Jammu, Udhampur andKathua districts also gave spirit-ed performances in their respec-tive matches. Eight matcheswere played on the first day ofthe championship being organ-ized by the J&K BasketballAssociation.

In the first match of the day,STC club, the team of theyounger players outplayed theirexperienced counterparts fromJammu district by 52-50 in acliffhanger. The winning teamwas trailing by 21-27 at the halftime. Abhinav Sharma was topscorer for the winners with 20points and was ably assisted byGourav Rajwal, Shivam Heerand Sumit Kumar. For the losing

side, Prannav Dubey and RishabBakshi made useful contribu-tions.

In the second match, Kathuamen gave some anxiousmoments to STC terriers, beforebowing down by 32-45. Theteams were poised neck to neckat the breather with scorelinereading 15-16. Kunal Guptafrom the STC terriers top scoredwith 17 points while Arjunfought a valiant battle for histeam.

In the last match of the day,defending champions STC war-riors displayed superb offensiveand defensive tactics to outplaytheir younger team STC terriersby 69-51. The winners led by37-24 at the half time. Star play-ers Ranbir and Shubham scored17 points each for the winners.

In the other matches of theday, STC Warriors (women)defeated Jammu district by 33-04, Udhampur (Men) beatBaramulla by 20-10, STC war-riors (women) beat STC Terriersby 26-03.

Players sweating it-out during Senior State BasketballChampionship in Jammu on Thursday.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: StateKarate Championship, 2016 SubJunior, Cadet, Junior and Seniorwill be organized by AKAJK onDecember 19 and 20 at M.A.Stadium, here.

“The medal winners will becalled for selections for KarateAssociation of India (KAI) SubJunior/ Cadet/ Junior NationalKarate Championship to be heldfrom 11th to 14th May, 2017 atNew Delhi & KAI SeniorNational Karate Championship

2017 to be held from 25th to26th February, 2017 at Goa,”said Ambedkar Gupta, PresidentAKAJK.

He further said that thesechampionships which are beingorganized by Karate Associationof India (KAI), which is the onlylegal & recognized nationalKarate Federation under theleadership of President, KarateR Thiagrajan and GeneralSecretary Shihan BharatSharma, are the only recognizedchampionships.

The Association has advisedall the karate lovers and karateplayers from all over J&K tocome under the banner of gen-uine Association. Karate is nowan Olympic event in TokyoOlympics 2020 and also includ-ed in 2018 Youth OlympicGames.

For participation, contact atGandhi Bhawan, SecretariatRoad, Jammu between 5 pm to 7pm or contact Ambedkar Gupta,President AKAJK, IV Dan blackBelt WKF Joint SecretaryNational Federation (KAI),qualified licensed coach byrecognised World KarateFederation WKF on mobile andwhatsapp no: 9419110822.

State Karate C’ship on Dec 19-20

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

POONCH, Dec 15: The fif-teen day long Police Martyr'sSports festival organized byPoonch police concluded today.The closing ceremony of the fes-tival was held today at SportsStadium Poonch.

MLA Haveli, Shah MohdTantray and DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range, Johny Williamwere the chief guest andDeputy Commissioner Poonch,Haron Malik and Commander93 Inf Bde Brig A S Penderkarwere the guests of honour on thevaledictory function.

The mega festival coveredthe sporting events like cricketT20, Volleyball, Kho-kho,Kabaddi, wrist holding,marathon , Hockey and stonelifting.

During the valedictory func-tion trophies and cash prizeswere distributed amongst thewinners and runners- up teams.Also certificates of participationwere given to the participants oftoday's marathon.

DIG Poonch Rajouri whilespeaking on the occasion saidthat JKP has been organizingvarious sports events with theaim to provide platform to thetalented youth who have greatpotential in different sportsactivities adding that such

events also bridge the gapbetween police and public. Hefurther added that these eventspromote sports culture and chan-nelize the youth energy in rightdirection.

MLA Haveli appreciated therole of police for keeping thesports activities alive in the dis-trict and also congratulated theplayers for maintaining highstandards of discipline duringthe entire tournament.

The valedictory function waswitnessed by a large number oflocals, students, media person-nel, poonch bar associationmembers and traders of Poonch.

Prominent among othersDFO Poonch, ACR PoonchPrincipals of GDC andGovernment Higher SecondarySchools, other police and civilofficials were also present.

The J&K Police Martyr'sSports Festival was organizedunder Civic Action Programmeof J&K Police on the directionsof DGP J&K in order to bridgethe gap between civil societyand Police and provide platformto the youth in sports events andalso spread the message of adrug free society.

The mega event was organ-ised by Poonch Police under thesupervision of SSP Poonch andcivil society.

Police Martyrs SportsFestival concludes at Poonch

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

ANANTNAG, Dec 15: Onthe opening day of SouthKashmir Sports Festival, 12matches were played at DegreeCollege (boys) ground Anantnagin presence of Nodal Officer ofthe event, Peer Muzafer HussainDySP DAR Anantnag.

All the matches were played

with sporting spirit and theteams displayed extraordinaryskill to vie for the top honours.

In cricket, South Kashmirdefeated DHK, Furrah got betterof Gopalpora, GHSS Kadiporaoutplayed GHSS Anantnag andGHSS Dailgam trounced GHSSNanil in Pool A, while in Pool(B) GHSS Mattan drubbed GHSKaribal and ZCC beat Sarnal.

12 matches played on Day-1 ofSouth Kashmir Sports Festival

KV No-1 Udhampur celebratesKVS Foundation Day

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Dec 15:Kendriya Vidyalaya No-1Udhampur celebrated KVSFoundation Day with zeal andzest, here today.

Principal of the SchoolRajesh Pandey was the chiefguest on the occasion.

After the lighting of the cer-emonial lamp, pledge on KVSFoundation Day was presentedby the Principal, highlightingthe motto of KVS Organization.

An Art Exhibition displayingthe creativity of students was thecentre of attraction.

Earlier, PGT Hindi SanjayPurohit read the message of

Commissioner, Santosh KumarMall.

Usha Koul, HM PrimarySection highlighted the signifi-cance and role of KVS in thedevelopment of the students.

Class Manuscript Magazinefrom classes I to VIII underCMP & equip was also releasedon the occasion. Group DanceCompetition was organized forSecondary Classes in which fourhouses namely Krishna, Ganga,Narmada and Brahmputra par-ticipated.

Principal in his speech high-lighted the glorious past ofKVS.

Vote of thanks was presentedby Sanjay Purhit.

A patriotic song being presented by the students while cele-brating KVS Foundation Day in Udhampur.

65th All India Police Hockey C’shipPunjab to lock horns with

CRPF in summit clash todayExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: Defeatingtheir rivals convincingly in thesemifinals today, CRPF andPunjab have sealed berths in thefinals and will take on eachother in the summit clash of the65th All India Police HockeyChampionship, being played atKK Hakhu Astroturf HockeyStadium, here tomorrow.

In the first semifinal, CRPFgot better of ITBP by five goalsto four (5-4) via tie-breaker.Both the teams finished goallessin the stipulated time and thedecision of the match was left totie-breakers, wherein CRPFemerged winner. For CRPF,Rajinder Singh and Arun Minznetted 2 goals each, whileSanjay Ekka scored one goal.For ITBP, the goal scorers wereJaswinder Singh, HarwinderSingh, Siraj Aalam andJaswinder Singh.

AK Choudhary, MD PoliceHousing Corporation was thechief guest in this match.

The match was officiated by

Vijay Kumar and DeepakKumar as umpires, JoginderSingh and MS Reen were thejudges and Feroz Ahmed Khanwas the technical officer.

In another semifinal, Punjabdefeated BSF by two goals to nil(2-0). For Punjab, SatwinderSingh scored both the goals in32nd and 52nd minutes. BSFplayers tried their level best toscore a goal, but failed in theirefforts.

Munir Ahmed Kahn, IGPCrime was the chief guest in thismatch.

Anand Dangi and RavinderKharab were the match umpires,Sham Lal and Aman Singh Negiwere the judges, while VP Singhwas the technical officer.

In tomorrow’s fixture, ITBPwill take on BSF in the hardlin-er match at 9 am, while Punjabwill meet CRPF in the summitclash at 2 pm.

According to the organizers,Chief Minister Mehbooba Muftiwill be the chief guest in thevaledictory function after thefinal match.

Players in action during a match at K K Hakhu HockeyStadium in Jammu. -Excelsior/Rakesh

District KupwaraWushu C’ship concludes

Vijender goes from strength tostrength before title defence

NEW DELHI, Dec 15:

Confident but not complacent ahead of his WBO Asia Pacificsuper middleweight title defence this Saturday, Indian boxing starVijender Singh has been working with a strength coach -- JohnJoyce -- to prepare for the face-off against former world championFrancis Cheka.

Vijender will take on Tanzanian Cheka in a 10-round contest ina fight night which will feature five undercard bouts. (PTI)

5th Christmas Soccer ChampionshipShaheen FC, Churchill

Brothers, NGR script victoriesExcelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Dec 15: ChurchillBrothers, Shaheen FC and NGRFootball Club registered wins inthe ongoing 5th ChristmasSoccer Championship, which isbeing organized by Christian

Sports Organization in collabo-ration with J&K FootballAssociation & Jammu andKashmir Police Department atParade ground, here.

The objective of theChampionship is to help youthnot to take drugs and live ahealthy life. The slogan of thetournament is “Be Healthy –Don’t Do Drugs”.

In today’s first match,Shaheen FC won the matchagainst Jammu United by 1-0goal. The only goal fromShaheen FC was scored byAnkit in 14th minute. JammuUnited players tried hard toscore an equalizer but failed intheir efforts..

The second match was

played between ChurchillBrothers and Kathua FC inwhich Churchill Brothers wonthe match via sudden death.

Another match was playedbetween NGR FC and MussaFC, in which NGR FC won thematch by 3-2 goals via tie-

breaker. Ashok Sharma, SSP PCR

was the chief guest in today’smatches who was introducedwith the participating teams inpresence Rajesh Gill, ChiefProsecuting Officer, Asif Gill,Mohan Lal, Yousuf Don,Narinder Gupta and Sardari.

The officiating members ofthe today’s matches were SureshGupta, Rajinder, Ricky, Rocky,Koushal Sharma, Rakesh, Vijayand Dheeraj.

In tomorrow’s Fixture, VijayClub will take on Shaheen FCfrom Pool-A at 1.30 pm, whileKC Anantnag FC will lock hornswith Young Heroes from Pool-B at 2.30 pm.

SSP PCR, Ashok Sharma and Chief Prosecuting Officer,Rajesh Gill interacting with players at Mini Stadium, Parade inJammu.

Another Smith ton putsAustralia in command