About Us

With the Entertainment and Sports industries on the rise, disputes and their ever-increasing volume, lead to an evident burden on the Indian judiciary. Hence, it therefore amplifies the salient need for effective alternatives for dispute resolution that transcend beyond the traditional realm of litigation in courts.

Our Centre for Entertainment and Sports Resolution (“CESR”) is a culmination of thorough discussions, analysis, studies and effective systems carried out by renowned experts in the field of entertainment, sports, law and alternate dispute resolution with a mission to provide effective and rapid dispute resolution services to stakeholders. CESR is equipped with the necessary tools that enable and catalyse conflict management through effective communication and use of technology. CESR seeks to provide a platform, where disputes are resolved in a quick and effective manner.


OUR FOUNDERS


The founders of the Centre of Entertainment and Sports Resolution are eminent personalities in the legal sphere of the Entertainment and Sports industry and extremely experienced in Alternate Dispute resolution who have provided world class services across the global sports spectrum.



MR. VIDUSHPAT SINGHANIA, ADVOCATE

Founder

Mr. Vidushpat Singhania is amongst the leading Entertainment, Sports and ...

MR. RAJIV DUTTA, SENIOR ADVOCATE

Founder

Mr. Rajiv Dutta is an esteemed and highly reputed senior...

MR. ADITYA SHIVKUMAR

Founder

Mr. Aditya Shivkumar is a leading expert and professional in...


MISSION AND OBJECTIVES

MISSION

The Entertainment & Sports Community faces the absence of a designated body for dispute resolution, having to create a ground for recourse within the general system of justice. Our mission is to circumvent the issue thus created by providing accessible and rapid procedures of conflict resolution specific to the developing sporting committee of the nation and aiding its development in a conflict-free nature. We further aim to extend the benefits of alternate dispute resolution and provide the Indian entertainment and sporting community the opportunity to resolve conflicts in a structured yet comfortable manner. It serves a matter of great pride for the CESR to offer ADR options for the resolution of international commercial disputes between private parties. Developed by leading experts in entrainment and sport dispute settlement, the arbitration, mediation and expert determination procedures offered by the Centre are widely recognized as particularly appropriate for entertainment, sport and other disputes involving intellectual property.

OBJECTIVES

a. To ensure access to independent, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) solutions for all participants in the Indian Entertainment and Sports System and reduce the burden on courts; b. To facilitate debate and raise awareness of entertainment and sport integrity issues; c. To ensure that independent alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes are equitable for all; d. To provide for a special panel of mediators and arbitrators which consists of highly qualified and recognized entertainment and sport law mediators and arbitrators from various jurisdictions; e. To play a leading role in establishing and maintaining consistent standards which protect the participant, ensure fair competition and ensures inclusivity thereby, improving the entertainment and sporting spectacle; f. To offer best in class, innovative and trusted dispute resolution services that are constantly evolving to meet the demands of the well-connected and globalised world of entertainment and sport; g. To take into account the fast moving nature of the film and media sectors and subsequently, cull down the time limits applying to the various stages of the proceedings with an aim to expedite the dispute resolution process; h. Enhance excellence and promote increased and inclusive participation from all spheres of society in the entertainment and sports industry through the prevention or reduction of related disputes, thus creating a culture of fairness.