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By Roshan Gopalakrishna Introduction Last month, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) released the revised National Sports (Development) Bill, 2011 (Bill). As compared to its previous form (reviewed previously “A Review of the Draft National Sports (Development) Bill, 2011“), the Bill sees 14 changes, the most significant of which are discussed later in this … Continue reading
By Roshan Gopalakrishna Introduction The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has included a few provisions in the new draft sports bill which effectively gives the government the power to regulate sports federations and also intervene in their operations if the government feels that they are being mismanaged or misgoverned. This has sparked off protests … Continue reading
By Vidya Narayanaswamy The Draft National Sports (Development) Bill, 2011 brings into focus an important issue – the legal status of National Sporting Federations (NSFs) and their accountability in courts of law. In this learning module, we describe and summarise the current state of Indian law pertaining to recognition, accountability and procedures of NSFs. Recognition … Continue reading
By Roshan Gopalakrishna ‘Sport’ is matter that comes within the purview of Entry 33, List II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. Therefore, in effect, the central government would have no legislative competence to make a central law in relation to the subject. In 2009, the central government withdrew a … Continue reading
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