Former presidents of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA), Sharad Pawar and Ashish Shelar were thrilled at yesterday's Supreme Court judgment which modified the one-state-one-vote clause. Maharashtra and Gujarat, who have three state associations with rich legacy and history, fought fiercely to restore their full memberships in BCCI after the Justice Lodha Committee suggested to rotate their voting rights on an annual basis.

The apex court yesterday modified the principal judgment to allow associations from Maharashtra and Gujarat to retain their full memberships. "It is like a festival day for Mumbai cricket. What we were supposed to lose, we got back — our own identity, our own presence. We are very happy," Shelar, who stepped down as MCA president after the Bombay High Court decided to appoint a Committee of Administrators to implement Lodha Committee report, told mid-day.