The Sports Ministry and the Indian Olympic Association on Tuesday stated they’ve determined to strategy the Supreme Court docket, to problem a Delhi Excessive Court docket order which prohibits the ministry from taking any choice on grant of recognition to nationwide federations.The matter pertains to a petition filed in 2010 by advocate Rahul Mehra in search of instructions to the Centre, to make sure that the IOA and the National Sports Federations (NSFs) carry out their duties nicely. In February this yr, the Delhi HC barred the ministry from taking any choice on NSFs with out consulting the court docket. In consequence, the ministry needed to withdraw recognition granted to 57 NSFs, hampering their administration of assorted sports activities.
“We’re submitting a Particular Go away Petition in a day or two. We’re difficult the Delhi HC order (which has informed ministry) to not take any choice regarding sports activities federations with out informing it,” a sports activities ministry supply informed PTI.
IOA President Narinder Batra and Secretary Rajeev Mehta additionally despatched out a brief joint assertion, saying that the physique will strategy the Supreme Court docket as it’s a get together to the case.
“We (IOA) are planning to quickly strategy the Hon’ble Supreme Court docket in relation to Rahul Mehra case,” the assertion learn.
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On August 7, the ministry had requested the HC to change the order and permit no less than the grant of recognition to the NSFs, however the court docket rejected that plea and requested for a Nationwide Sports activities Code compliance report.
The Ministry then despatched throughout a questionnaire to the NSFs in search of the age and tenure particulars of their office-bearers. A complete of 56 NSFs responded and the matter was to come back up within the HC on August 21.
Nonetheless, it has since been pushed to September 18.
