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Supreme Court Gives AIFF and FSDL Until Aug. 28 to Break ISL Deadlock

The bench asked FSDL to disclose the annual cost of staging the league to guide a resolution at the next hearing.

Will the ISL resume this season? (AFP)
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President of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), Kalyan Chaubey, speaks at a press conference in New Delhi. (AFP)

Overview

  • The court directed the All India Football Federation and Football Sports Development Limited to resolve their Master Rights Agreement dispute by Aug. 28, with the ISL season currently on hold since July 11.
  • Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi indicated they are ready to deliver the pending judgment on the AIFF constitution after considering the new National Sports Governance Act.
  • Eleven ISL clubs wrote to the court’s amici curiae urging an urgent ruling or permission to proceed with the season, citing sponsor withdrawals, paused operations, and threats to survival.
  • FIFPRO warned that players have faced unilateral and unlawful contract suspensions and called for a swift resolution, with livelihoods for roughly 5,000 people reported to be at risk.
  • FSDL was told to submit the annual cost of conducting the ISL, while its counsel argued that investments of around Rs 150 crore per season require longer-term certainty as the Aug. 31 transfer-window deadline approaches.