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Senegalese Football Federation condemns CAF verdict, heads to Court of Arbitration for Sport against ruling that handed 2025 AFCON title to Morocco

Senegalese Football Federation condemns CAF verdict, heads to Court of Arbitration for Sport against ruling that handed 2025 AFCON title to Morocco

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3 min readMar 18, 2026 11:28 AM IST The Senegalese Football Federation (La Fédération Sénégalaise de Football – FSF) condemned the decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which ruled that Senegal had been stripped of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title and Morocco, their opponents in the final, had been declared champions. The Senegalese Football Federation called it an unfair, unprecedented, and unacceptable decision by CAF, which brings discredit to African football. The football body of Senegal said that it would challenge the decision by CAF in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. CAS is an independent organisation that resolves sports disputes worldwide. Senegal were stripped of their title by CAF for walking off the pitch in protest at their opponents, Morocco, being awarded a late penalty. Morocco had lost that match 1-0 on January 18 in the country’s capital of Rabbat, but that was after Senegal had staged a walkout, led by their coach Pape Thiaw, over a contentious penalty that was awarded to …

Has an Arbitration Council been constituted? | Explained

Has an Arbitration Council been constituted? | Explained

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On October 18, 2024, the Union government released the draft Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2024, inviting public comments. The draft Bill seeks to give fresh impetus to institutional arbitration through a series of structural reforms. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/istockphoto The story so far: Nearly six years after the 2019 amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (1996 Act), the Union government is yet to constitute the Arbitration Council of India (ACI), envisaged as the central regulatory and promotional body for institutional arbitration. What was the proposed mandate? The 2019 amendments proposed the establishment of the ACI as a premier regulatory body tasked with promoting, reforming, and advancing the practice of arbitration in the country. This institutional framework drew from the recommendations of the High-Level Committee on Arbitration, chaired by Justice B.N. Srikrishna, which submitted its report in July 2017. The amendments vested the Council with a wide range of functions, including grading arbitral institutions, recognising professional bodies that accredit arbitrators, and maintaining a repository of arbitral awards made in India. The ACI …

Singapore court junks ‘copy-paste’ arbitration award handed down by ex-CJI Misra | Latest News India

Singapore court junks ‘copy-paste’ arbitration award handed down by ex-CJI Misra | Latest News India

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The Court of Appeal of Singapore has upheld the annulment of an international arbitration award chaired by former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra after discovering that nearly half the decision –47% or 212 out of 451 paragraphs –was copied verbatim from earlier awards he had authored in separate but related disputes. Former chief justice of India Dipak Misra. (Vipin Kumar/HT PHOTO) The tribunal’s “copy-paste” approach, the court held, violated core principles of natural justice and raised serious concerns about bias, fairness and the integrity of the arbitral process. The Court of Appeal, led by chief justice Sundaresh Menon and justice Steven Chong, noted in its judgment on April 8 that the award “was prepared using the Parallel Awards as templates to a very substantial degree” without regard to material differences in arguments, contracts or context. The dispute stemmed from a contract between a special-purpose vehicle managing freight corridors in India and a consortium of three infrastructure companies. At issue was whether a 2017 Indian government notification on revised minimum wages entitled the consortium to …

India is nowhere in international commercial arbitration: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar | India News

India is nowhere in international commercial arbitration: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar | India News

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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Saturday said India was “nowhere” when it came to international commercial arbitration. Speaking at a colloquium at the India International Arbitration Centre, the vice president said he was in the International Court of Arbitration for around three years. “Here, we are not to regain credibility. We have to establish credibility of arbitration… Unfortunately, we have taken in this country a very myopic view of arbitration as if it is adjudication. It is much beyond adjudication. It is not conventional adjudication as historically evaluated globally,” he said. Story continues below this ad He added that there was a need to include domain experts in the arbitration process, apart from retired judges. Dhankhar asked why India, unlike some other countries, could not become a hub of arbitration. “What do they have which we don’t? Their infrastructure is hardly comparable to what we have… I have seen in 10 years, the growth of arbitral centres with credibility in Dubai and Singapore on self-assessment without fear of contradiction. For this reason, I can say we …

Overbearing interpretations a bane of Indian arbitration: SC | Latest News India

Overbearing interpretations a bane of Indian arbitration: SC | Latest News India

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The Supreme Court has underscored how “overbearing intellectualisation” by courts has become the “bane of Indian arbitration”, in a pointed critique of the judiciary’s expansive intervention and interpretation of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (ACA). Supreme Court of India. (PTI Photo) While examining a case involving the interplay of ACA and the Limitation Act, the top court flagged how a strict reading of the provisions curtails the right of parties to challenge arbitral awards and urged Parliament to step in to address the issue. A bench comprising justices PS Narasimha and Pankaj Mithal delivered the judgment, noting that the current position of law creates a stringent limitation framework that may deter parties from opting for arbitration. “The purpose of reading the Limitation Act alongside the ACA is not to restrict the special remedy under the ACA but to enable exercise of such remedy in circumstances as contemplated under the Limitation Act,” observed the bench in a January 10 judgment. The judgment arose from a dispute where the appellants received an arbitral award on February …

Pakistan Likely To Go To Court Of Arbitration For Sport Over India’s Refusal To Travel For Champions Trophy: Sources

Pakistan Likely To Go To Court Of Arbitration For Sport Over India’s Refusal To Travel For Champions Trophy: Sources

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Representative Image© AFP Pakistan is likely to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over India’s refusal to travel for Champions Trophy 2025, according to sources. There has been a lot of chatter surrounding Indian cricket team’s potential participation in the competition as the two sides have not played a single bilateral series in more than a decade over political tensions. While Pakistan did travel to India for the 2023 ODI World Cup, it still remains unclear whether India will travel to Pakistan in 2025 or not. Media reports suggested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suggested a ‘hybrid’ theory to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) where India will play their matches in Dubai. However, PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi denied any such communication and stated that Pakistan remain adamant on the fact that no matches of the competition will be held outside the country.  Earlier, PTI reported that the BCCI has informed the International Cricket Council (ICC) that India will not be travelling to Pakistan for the …

Jannik Sinner doping: WADA appeals to Court Of Arbitration and seeks ban | Tennis News

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Tennis player Jannik Sinner earlier in the year tested positive for doping but the player at the time claimed that it was a contamination and avoided the ban. However, on Saturday World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and sought a ban on the player. The tribunal’s finding of “no fault or negligence” was not correct under the applicable rules, WADA said in a statement. WADA said it would seek “a period of ineligibility of between one and two years” for Italy’s Sinner, who won the Australian Open and the U.S. Open this year. Earlier an in-competition test at the Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells conducted by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) on March 10, 2024 found an ‘adverse analytical finding’ (AAF) for Clostebol, a banned anabolic steroid. A second test, that took place out of competition on March 18 also detected the substance. The first test recorded at 76pg (picograms) per millilitre of the sample collected while the second was recorded at 86pg per millilitre. Since …

L-G House officials question arbitration

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Questioning the arbitration process in the Pragati Maidan Tunnel case, which has run into trouble since it was thrown open to the public in 2022, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) House officials said on Thursday that the process is “void”. Earlier this year, the Public Works Department (PWD) had sent multiple notices to construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T), raising questions over the construction and quality of the six-lane tunnel and asking it to deposit Rs 500 crore for “serious technical and design deficiencies”. The matter later went into arbitration. PWD and Law Minister Atishi had earlier opposed the appointment of senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani as special counsel for PWD by the L-G last month. L-G House officials said on Thursday that the agreement between PWD and L&T Limited very specifically stated that no person other than that appointed by the chief engineer (PWD) should act as arbitrator if such a situation arises. “Jethmalani has taken a stand in the court that no arbitration is required and the appointment of an arbitrator by the court in itself …

Kerala Blasters lose appeal at the Court of Arbitration of Sports, to pay Rs 4cr to AIFF

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Kerala Blasters have lost their appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Switzerland against the Rs. 4 crore fine levied by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) against them in lieu of their walkout and abandonment of the playoffs match against Bengaluru FC during Indian Super League 2022-23. The club will have to pay the fine within the next two weeks and must also cover the legal costs for AIFF in fighting this case. 🚨🎖️Kerala Blasters FC have lost their appeal in the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and must now pay the All India Football Federation (AIFF) Rs 4 crore for last season’s walkout against Bengaluru FC. @TOIGoaNews #KBFC pic.twitter.com/1063bC4nh6 — KBFC XTRA (@kbfcxtra) March 12, 2024 The incident in light was a quick freekick that was allowed to be taken by on-field referee Crystal John which Bengaluru’s Sunil Chetri scored off. KBFC argued that their defenders weren’t ready and that the freekick shouldn’t have been allowed to be taken quickly after the spot was marked. Head coach Ivan …