Question juridique clé
Whether the Federal Supreme Court should annul the TAS awards for lack of jurisdiction under Art. 190(2)(b) PILA
Solution extraite
No. The challenge concerned standing to seek relief, not the arbitral tribunal's jurisdiction; the court therefore found no jurisdictional defect.
Motifs extraits
The appellant confused active standing with jurisdiction. The arbitrators interpreted the FIH anti-doping rules and denied standing to attack the Judicial Commission decision; that is a merits-related question, not a matter of arbitral competence. In any event, the appellant had itself initiated the arbitral proceedings and could not later deny jurisdiction.