It’s a year full of sporting court cases and there could well be another legal battle on between Jwala Gutta and the Badminton Association of India (BAI) whose disciplinary committee has recommended a life ban on the glamourous shuttler from Hyderabad.

Gutta’s ‘crime’? Creating a fuss over a last-minute replacement for an injured Bangla Beats player (Hong Kong’s Hu Yun) in the inaugural Indian Badminton League. Gutta, who was representing Delhi Smashers, didn’t feel it was fair for Hu Yun to be replaced by a higher ranked player — Denmark’s Jan Jorgensen.