The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice in a petition seeking that sports be recognized as a fundamental right under Article 21A of the Constitution..The Bench of Justices SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao sought the reply of the Central government, the state governments, and the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, among others. The respondents have been directed to file replies within four weeks..The petition was filed by Kanishka Pandey on behalf of an NGO called Sports: A Way of Life. It seeks a direction to the Centre to constitute a high-level committee to include sports as a fundamental right under Article 21A of the Constitution, which mandates free and compulsory education for all children in the age group of six to fourteen years..It was also sought that the right be incorporated in the Directive Principles of State Policy contained in the Constitution. Further, the petition seeks a direction from the Court to promote physical education and sports in the country. Moreover, it calls upon the Centre to “not make any discrimination between the education and sports” and to treat the latter as part of the curriculum in schools..The petitioner was represented by advocate Siddharth Dave, who argued before the Court that the petition was based on research done for three years to prove the worth of sports to society..This petition was earlier tagged with another one filed related to making Yoga a compulsory part of the curriculum in schools. After hearing the arguments, the Court decided to de-tag the present petition from the one related to Yoga, filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay..The matter will be heard next on September 18..Contending that yoga was “secular” and an integral part of the right to health and education, Upadhyay had asked the Court to direct the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to make yoga education compulsory in standards I to VIII..However, the Centre in an affidavit stated before the Court that yoga could not be made enforceable as a fundamental right. .Read the prayers:.Read the order:
The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice in a petition seeking that sports be recognized as a fundamental right under Article 21A of the Constitution..The Bench of Justices SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao sought the reply of the Central government, the state governments, and the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, among others. The respondents have been directed to file replies within four weeks..The petition was filed by Kanishka Pandey on behalf of an NGO called Sports: A Way of Life. It seeks a direction to the Centre to constitute a high-level committee to include sports as a fundamental right under Article 21A of the Constitution, which mandates free and compulsory education for all children in the age group of six to fourteen years..It was also sought that the right be incorporated in the Directive Principles of State Policy contained in the Constitution. Further, the petition seeks a direction from the Court to promote physical education and sports in the country. Moreover, it calls upon the Centre to “not make any discrimination between the education and sports” and to treat the latter as part of the curriculum in schools..The petitioner was represented by advocate Siddharth Dave, who argued before the Court that the petition was based on research done for three years to prove the worth of sports to society..This petition was earlier tagged with another one filed related to making Yoga a compulsory part of the curriculum in schools. After hearing the arguments, the Court decided to de-tag the present petition from the one related to Yoga, filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay..The matter will be heard next on September 18..Contending that yoga was “secular” and an integral part of the right to health and education, Upadhyay had asked the Court to direct the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to make yoga education compulsory in standards I to VIII..However, the Centre in an affidavit stated before the Court that yoga could not be made enforceable as a fundamental right. .Read the prayers:.Read the order:
