Explained: Why the lack of compliance with Sports Code is landing a lot of federations in trouble | Explained News,The Indian Express

What is the Sports Code? What are the consequences of not following it? How many federations have been accused of not adhering to the code? We explain.

• On Thursday, the Delhi High Court summoned the joint secretary of the sports ministry for overlooking the violation of the National Sports Code by the federations, and hinted at strict actions against erring associations.

• On May 26, the court hinted that if the federations continued to violate the rules, it would order the government to stop their funding.

• A day before, the same Delhi High Court bench had pulled up Hockey India for flouting the sports code and appointed a three-member Committee of Administrators, led by former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi, to look after its day-to-day affairs.

• A week earlier, the Supreme Court ended Praful Patel’s term as All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) president for, once again, violating the sports code. It took control from the AIFF and transferred it to a three-member CoA, led once again by Quraishi.

• In February, the Delhi High Court suspended the executive committee of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) and constituted a CoA, chaired by former Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Gita Mittal, to run the federation.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-sports-code-compliance-federations-7950324/

---