Why shouldn’t National Sports Governance Act apply to BCCI, asks Supreme Court
The Indian Supreme Court has questioned the BCCI on why it should not be brought under the National Sports Governance Act of 2025. This move aims to resolve persistent litigation and management disputes within the cricket board by transferring oversight to a specialized sports tribunal.
Why it matters
Bringing the world's richest cricket organization under a national regulatory act could fundamentally change how sports bodies are managed and held accountable in India.
NEW DELHI: Tired of handling lingering litigations in cricket management for 12 years since it took up and ushered in reforms in the world’s richest cricket organisation, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India and state associations why they should not be brought under National Sports Governance (NSG) Act, 2025.With multiple applications by different state cricket associations and their members either for minor changes in their constitution, or disputes arising from factionalism over control over the cash-rich cricket management bodies, a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana in a cryptic order at the fag-end of the day’s proceedings asked the BCCI and state affiliates why they should not be governed by the NSG Act and sought their responses.The flow of the applications in the original petition filed by BCCI in 2014, which led to framing of its…
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