File picture of Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat© ANI
The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Saturday refused to intervene with the exemption granted to prime wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from Asian Video games trials. Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed the petition by Underneath-20 World Champion Antim Panghal and Underneath-23 Asian Champion Sujeet Kalkal in opposition to the direct entry allowed to Phogat and Punia to take part within the event.
“Writ petition is dismissed,” the decide mentioned.
An in depth copy of the order is awaited. Phogat (53kg) and Punia (65kg) got direct entry for the Asian Video games by the Indian Olympic Affiliation’s ad-hoc committee on Tuesday, whereas different wrestlers must earn their locations within the Indian squad via choice trials on July 22 and 23.
Panghal and Kalkal moved the excessive court docket on July 19 difficult the exemption and demanded a good choice course of for the quadrennial showpiece occasion.
The petition, moved by advocates Hrishikesh Baruah and Akshay Kumar, had demanded that the directive issued by the IOA ad-hoc committee with regard to the 2 classes (males’s freestyle 65kg and girls’s 53kg) be quashed and the exemption granted to Phogat and Punia put aside.
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