Overview

• Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela rejected the petition on October 8, calling it a sheer waste of the court’s time.
• Advocate Reepak Kansal had sought to restrain Prasar Bharati from referring to the BCCI side as the Indian national team, citing the Emblems and Names Act and the Flag Code.
• The court questioned the premise that the cricket side does not represent India and asked where any breach of Section 3 of the Emblems and Names Act arises.
• Judges pointed to international sports governance, noting IOC principles that discourage government interference in sports administration.
• The ruling leaves current practice unchanged, with Doordarshan and All India Radio free to refer to the BCCI team as Team India.