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Athlete representation before NADA panels and WADA-rule proceedings. Federation governance disputes, broadcast-rights advisory and sports-contract drafting.
Sports law in India operates across a federation-driven regulatory ecosystem (BCCI, AIFF, IOA and the various national federations), the National Anti-Doping Agency framework and the WADA Code, the broadcast-rights regulatory framework administered by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and the general civil and contract law as applied to sports-specific disputes.
Athlete representation in adverse-analytical-finding proceedings and therapeutic-use exemption applications.
Selection disputes, eligibility challenges, governance disputes and disciplinary proceedings.
Broadcast-rights tendering, sub-licensing and content-piracy enforcement.
Athlete-management agreements, sponsorship deals, image-rights agreements and tournament-participation contracts.
Anti-doping practice covers the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) Disciplinary Panel proceedings under the National Anti-Doping Rules and the WADA Code. The firm represents athletes in adverse-analytical-finding (AAF) proceedings, therapeutic-use exemption (TUE) applications, and appeals to the Anti-Doping Appeals Panel.
Federation disputes — selection disputes, eligibility challenges, governance disputes and disciplinary proceedings — are typically internal to the federation but can be challenged before the High Courts under Article 226 (where the federation is held to be a State or instrumentality) and before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in international matters.
Broadcasting-rights work covers tendering for sports-event broadcast rights, sub-licensing arrangements, content-piracy enforcement (dynamic injunctions before the Commercial Courts) and broadcast-regulation compliance under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995.
Athlete-contract work covers athlete-management agreements, sponsorship and endorsement deals, image-rights agreements, tournament-participation contracts and the increasingly important data-rights provisions arising from biometric and performance-data collection.