The Centre on Friday assured the Supreme Court that it would step in to ensure the Indian Super League (ISL) takes place this season, after the All India Football Federation (AIFF) reported that it had received no bids for the league’s commercial rights.

A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a report submitted by the Justice L Nageswara Rao (retd.)-led committee, which was appointed by the court to oversee reforms in the AIFF. The committee informed the court that the tender issued for monetising the ISL had drawn no bidders, leaving the federation in a difficult position.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the bench he had spoken to the minister concerned, who was “fully aware of the issue” and conveyed that the ISL “must be held.”

“How it is to be held, wh

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