Former BCCI president Anurag Thakur, who was unceremoniously removed by the Supreme Court for defying orders to carry out court-mandated reforms of cricket administration, today tendered a fresh unconditional and unequivocal apology in the Apex Court, saying it was never his intention to undermine the majesty of the apex court. The Court on 7th of this month had asked Mr Thakur, a senior BJP leader and a Member of Parliament, to tender an apology in explicit terms to get relief from the contempt proceedings initiated against him. The apex court had initiated contempt proceedings against Mr. Thakur on 2nd January this year for filing a false affidavit regarding writing to the ICC on the issue of BCCI's autonomy. It had slapped Thakur with contempt and perjury notices for filing a false affidavit over writing to the ICC on the issue. The apex court had also removed Thakur and Ajay Shirke as the President and the Secretary for obstructing and impeding its directions for overhauling governance in the cricket body.