New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ended the embargo on BJP member of Parliament and former Union minister Anurag Thakur to associate with the BCCI, ending the nine-year hiatus that kept him away for not implementing Justice Lodha Committee reforms in the cricketing body. A bench of Chief Justice of India 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 ire of the court was directed against the conduct of BCCI office bearers and its state affiliates for failing to comply with the norms set out by a committee headed by former CJI RM Lodha. Thakur was then BCCI President and had to step down following the order. Senior advocate PS Patwalia who appeared for Thakur told the court that the court never intended to ban his client for life and in any event, several other directions in the same order of 2017 to initiate contempt proceedings were dropped on issuing an unconditional apology....