The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought to know from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) the basis of granting exemptions to wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from the trials for the upcoming Asian Games.
Justice Subramonium Prasad, while issuing notice to WFI on pleas by wrestlers Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal challenging the exemption to Phogat and Punia, observed that the courts cannot allow matters to drift.
"What is the basis of the selection of these two persons other than the fact that they are good sportsmen? Have you done any kind of selection process? The entire case it seems is that there has to be some kind of trial. The petitioners do not doubt the competence or merit of the two wrestlers whom you have selected or representing the country. There is no doubt about it. What they say is that past performance alone cannot be basis for sending them," justice Prasad orally remarked.
It asked the counsel appearing for WFI to file a reply by Thursday and posted the matter for hearing on Friday. Additional solicitor general (ASG) Chetan Sharma appeared for the Union government and Anil Soni appeared for ministry of sports.
Later in the evening, WFI in its reply, stated that selection of athletes representing the nation is to be decided by experts and is out of the scope of judicial review.
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