Supreme Court’s football order outlines broad vision of India

The ruling, delivered by a bench of justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi, went beyond technical questions of football governance

On September 19, the Supreme Court not only gave Indian football a new lease of life but also set a wider jurisprudential marker on the role of sports in nation-building. For perhaps the first time, the top court placed sports within the framework of India’s Constitution -- as material resources of the community, as institutions of national life, and as vital arenas for nurturing fraternity.

Sports, the court underscored, bring together people from different castes, classes, religions, and languages. (File)

The ruling, delivered by a bench of justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi, went beyond