Overview
- Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi dismissed the petition on Thursday after a brief hearing.
- Lawyer Reepak Kansal had sought to stop Prasar Bharati’s platforms from referring to the BCCI-managed side as the Indian national team.
- Justices noted the government’s explicit support for BCCI and referenced prior Supreme Court oversight of its governance.
- The court pointed to the recently passed National Sports Governance Act and the notified National Sports Tribunal as part of the evolving framework for sports bodies.
- The bench initially mentioned a Rs 10 lakh cost for wasting judicial time, then dropped it on request, and it upheld the Delhi High Court’s earlier rejection of the plea.