THE CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS OF THE BCCI UNDER ARTICLE 12 AND THE AMBIT OF RTI
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In the case of Board of Control for Cricket in India v. Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors , the Supreme Court made a reference to the Law Commission of India to evaluate the issue of bringing the BCCI under the Right to Information Act, 2005 and make recommendations and these issues were then addressed in the 275th report of the Law Commission.
A report by the Working Group for drafting the National Sports Development Bill, 2013 made various suggestions including setting up of an appellate tribunal alongside a sports election commission. However, the most important recommendation from this committee was Chapter IX of the report titled ‘Applicability of Right to Information Act, 2005’ which inter alia provided for all sports federations to be deemed as public authorities under Section 2(h) of the Act , requiring them to perform functions with respect to responsibilities in discharge of the Act.
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