The Law Commission of India’s recommendation to the Centre that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) be brought under the Right to Information Act (RTI Act) provides an opportunity to assess the effectiveness of the law when it comes to matters of sport. Last November, a Hindustan Times correspondent sent an offline RTI request to School Games Federation of India (SGFI), a national sports federation, seeking documents for clarification in a case of alleged age fraud. The case involved a player who had submitted multiple birth dates to SGFI in different tournaments. A second appeal application was submitted earlier this month, and SGFI is yet to respond. In another instance, a colleague filed an online RTI request with SGFI on February 1 seeking a clarification on the status of a body affiliated to it.

Source: Hindustan Times April 18, 2018 18:22 UTC