LAWBEES is starting a new series of simplifying clauses in the Sports and Entertainment Contracts. This is the first article in the series and would be dealing with Sports Industry, specifically the Exclusivity Clause in the endorsement contract. The proliferation of sponsorships in the sports marketplace poses a challenge to sponsors attempting to establish a…
Category: Khel Kanoon
Legal Analysis on the Gender Pay Gap in Indian Cricket, by Ishaan Michael.
Introduction Cricket whether played at a national or international level has witnessed a significant pay gap on the basis of gender at one point or another and even continues in most of the nations to date. Although there has been a rise in the overall participation of women in the cricket field by nearly twenty…
Relaxation Clause in the Sports Code: Power of The Government of India, by Shrey Tandon
INTRODUCTION The improvement of sports would be a public need for advancing dynamic way of life, kid and youth advancement, social comprehensiveness, work opportunity, harmony and improvement, and every one of these things has a place with the country\’s pride. The sports advancement falls with the domain and transmit of the Government under the residuary…
Violence Against Children in Sports, by Suvandna Kalra and Shubham Arun
INTRODUCTION Sports are very important for mental and emotional development. A lot of children worldwide take interest in some form of organized sports and many more participate in informal street games, spontaneous play sessions with their friends. A lot of children also face violence against themselves in sports. An in-depth study of violence against children…
UNDERSTANDING THE ALLEGED KL RAHUL-RASHID KHAN-IPL LUCKNOW FRANCHISE TALENT POACHING CASE, by Ishaan Michael
WHAT IS TALENT POACHING? The term “Talent Poaching” gained notoriety in 2010 where it was used to describe practices that involve companies hiring current or former employees from a competitor or similar company. Employee poaching oftentimes happens in growing industries that require employees with specialized skills and the sports industry is no different. Sports Talent…
GUEST POST: SPORTS MOVIES IN INDIA AND ITS NEED AND IMPACT, BY ADVOCATE VAIDEHI HARSHAD SAMANT
Introduction In today’s era of globalization trends in film making are versatile, and deal with different type of themes other than typical romance such as women empowerment, sports, patriotism, sci-fi films, periodical films etc. But the overall ratio of sports based films produced in Bollywood as well as other film industries in India is very…
What is National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS)?, by VAIDAHI HARSHAD SAMANT
Introduction: The NSTSS was introduced for children between ages 8 and 12 which are also known as Rashtriya Khel Pratibha Khoj Yojana in Hindi. It aims at identifying the talent and put in place eligible sporting talent across the nation and to refer them to be put under proper guidance and coaching for enhancing their…
Comparative Analysis: Gender Equality and Female Participation in Sports, by Shalini Ghosh
Introduction Sports have the power to change lives; it teaches a person self-reliance, team-work, resilience, and makes a person confident. However, it is one of the greatest drivers of gender inequality, for Sports is considered to be a male entity and the prevailing hegemonic masculinity has considered the participation of females in Sports as ‘an…
COMMERCIALISING IMAGE RIGHTS OF OLYMPIANS, by Ishaan Michael
Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics 2020 turned out to be India’s best-ever performance at the quadrennial sports event in terms of the medals tally. The stellar performance presented brands with the perfect opportunity for leveraging the athlete’s success and use it to increase their visibility and traction by unauthorised usage of the image rights. This form…
Emergence of Online Laws and Fantasy Sports in India, by Manvendra Singh Chauhan.
Abstract In this article, we discuss the laws and the emergence of online gaming in India. Online games mean that kind of games that are played either on the computer or on the mobile phone worldwide with other players over the internet. In the early ’90s, the platform of online gaming was rigid and people…
