{"id":357041,"date":"2025-08-19T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=357041"},"modified":"2025-08-31T13:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T07:36:25","slug":"national-sports-governance-act-2025-india-sports-legal-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/08\/19\/national-sports-governance-act-2025-india-sports-legal-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"National Sports Governance Act, 2025: A Statutory Framework for Ethical and Transparent Sports Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">On <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">18-08-2025<\/span>, the President assented the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">National Sports Governance Act, 2025<\/span>, replacing the decade-old Sports Code with a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">legally binding framework<\/span> that mandates compliance from all recognized sports bodies. 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(&#8216;NSB&#8217;)<\/span> to regulate and recognize sports federations and introduces the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">National Sports Tribunal (&#8216;NST&#8217;)<\/span> with powers equivalent to a civil court to resolve disputes related to selection, elections, and governance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Act enforces <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">term limits<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">age caps<\/span>, and mandates <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">athlete and gender representation<\/span> in governing bodies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>It introduces a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Safe Sports Policy<\/span> to protect athletes, especially women and minors, from abuse and requires all recognized bodies to set up <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">internal grievance redressal mechanisms<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Recognized sports organizations receiving government grants will now be deemed <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">public authorities 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