An appellate sports tribunal and a sports election commission and barring charge-sheeted persons from contesting elections are some suggestions of the draft national sports development Bill, presented to the government on Wednesday by a panel headed by retired judge Mukul Mudgal.
The Draft Bill, prepared by the Working Group for Drafting of the National Sports Development Bill under the chairmanship of Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal , was on Wednesday submitted to Sports Minister Jitendra Singh.
The Working Group includes eminent sportspersons like Olympic gold medal-winning shooter Abhinav Bindra and former India hockey skipper Viren Rasquinha, sports administrators and legal experts.
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"In order to bring about transparency and good governance in the National Sports Federations (NSFs), the Sports Ministry had decided to establish a group under the chairmanship of Justice Mudgal earlier this year, to prepare a revised draft of the Bill, which was initially drafted in 2011," the ministry said in a release. "They held several meetings and deliberated upon various aspects associated with the matter before coming out with a revised draft, which was on Wednesday presented to the sports minister. The Bill has also been put up on the website of the ministry - www.yas.nic.in - for comments of the general public and other stakeholders," it said.
A copy of the draft will also be sent to the International Olympic Committee for its comments, following an agreement between Indian officials and the IOC in their May 15 meeting in Lausanne.
