HC directs status quo on IOA elections
New Delhi Nov 30 PTI The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed maintenance of status quo on the elections to the executive committee of the Indian Olympic Association IOA which was scheduled for December 19A bench of Justices Manmohan and Najmi Waziri passed the interim order on a plea by senior advocate Rahul Mehra and listed the matter for further hearing on December 2The court was hearing an application by Mehra in which he submitted that the proposed elections to be held on December 19 is wholly illegal and unsustainable and ought not to be conducted pending the hearing and final disposal of the petition and various applications pending before it He claimed that the IOA has notified its elections and is proposing to hold the same in violation of the orders of the court the law of the land the National Sports Development Code of India and various other directives He has sought directions to refrain the Centre from acting arbitrarily or indulging in action in abject violation and desertion of its dutiesHe also urged the court to reschedule the elections PTI SKV RKS RKS
New Delhi Nov 30 PTI The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed maintenance of status quo on the elections to the executive committee of the Indian Olympic Association IOA which was scheduled for December 19A bench of Justices Manmohan and Najmi Waziri passed the interim order on a plea by senior advocate Rahul Mehra and listed the matter for further hearing on December 2The court was hearing an application by Mehra in which he submitted that the proposed elections to be held on December 19 is wholly illegal and unsustainable and ought not to be conducted pending the hearing and final disposal of the petition and various applications pending before it He claimed that the IOA has notified its elections and is proposing to hold the same in violation of the orders of the court the law of the land the National Sports Development Code of India and various other directives He has sought directions to refrain the Centre from acting arbitrarily or indulging in action in abject violation and desertion of its dutiesHe also urged the court to reschedule the elections PTI SKV RKS RKS
