From Our Bureau
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana on Thursday agreed to hear an appeal of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the day itself after finishing the matters listed on the board.
The IOA hass challenged Delhi High Court’s decision to set up a 3-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) to take over the affairs of the sports body.
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta took IOA’s side, stating that the appointment of the CoA may lead to the IOA’s suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as it happened with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) last week.
The Delhi High Court on August 16 had ordered the setting up of a three-member CoA to manage the affairs of the IOA, holding that the persistent recalcitrance of the IOA to comply with the Sports Code made it imperative that its affairs be put in the hands of the COA comprising former Supreme Court judge Justice Anil R Dave, former Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi, and former Secretary of Ministry of External Affairs Vikas Swarup.
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