India, Feb. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ended the embargo on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Parliament and former Union minister Anurag Singh Thakur to associate with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), ending the nine-year old hiatus that kept him away from BCCI for not implementing Justice Lodha Committee reforms in the cricketing body.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and justice Joymalya Bagchi said, "We modify para 25(ii) of our order dated January 2, 2017 to the extent that the applicant shall be free to participate in the affairs of the BCCI as per Rules and Regulations.

Thakur had moved his application in 2018 seeking recall of the directions passed against him by the top court. The...