Issue 1, November 2017
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the first edition of The Sports Law & Policy Newsletter, India’s only newsletter dedicated to sports law & policy related issues. This is brought to you by The Sports Law & Policy Centre, Bengaluru in collaboration with SportzPower.
The newsletter is our contribution towards the dissemination of relevant sports law and policy related opinion and information to various stakeholders in Indian sport.
In this edition of the newsletter, Roshan Gopalakrishna examines the verdict of the Supreme Court of India in Union of India v. BCCI & Ors., analysing its potential impact on the controversial issue of mandatory sharing of sports signals in India. Next, Seshank Shekar reviews the National Sports University Bill, 2017 and Anirban Saikia provides an overview of the National Sports Talent Search Scheme, its implementation and comparison with similar schemes for talent identification worldwide. Further, the Newsletter summarises the most important sports law and policy related news stories from September and October 2017. The newsletter concludes with a section containing links to other sports law and policy related news stories from September and October 2017 that you may find interesting.
We hope you enjoy reading the newsletter. If you have any feedback on this edition, or suggestions for topics to be included in future editions of the newsletter, please write to us on Twitter @SportsLawIndia or email us at [email protected].
Nandan Kamath
Principal Lawyer, LawNK
Managing Trustee, GoSports Foundation
About The Sports Law & Policy Centre, Bengaluru
The Sports Law & Policy Centre, Bengaluru is an independent think-tank focused on interdisciplinary research, scholarship, education and institutional support for public and private enterprises in areas relating to the legal, policy and ethical issues affecting amateur and professional sports in India. The Centre was formed as a collaboration between non-profit GoSports Foundation and the law firm LawNK and comprises a group of professionals with extensive knowledge of and experience working in the sports ecosystem in India.
Disclaimer - The contents of this newsletter are for informational purposes alone and should not be construed as legal advice or a substitute for legal advice. All references to law and legal systems provided herein are for informational purposes alone and no opinions are either expressed or ought to be implied with respect to the same.
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