Plea against staying of WFI polls by Punjab & Haryana HC dismissed by SC
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in the interim order issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court halting the election of the Executive Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI).
While allowing the Andhra Pradesh Amateur Wrestling Association the liberty to move the high court for the vacation of the stay order, a bench of Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal declined to entertain the special leave petition.
On August 11, the Punjab & Haryana High Court halted elections till further orders on a plea filed by the Haryana Wrestling Association (HWA) challenging the move to allow the Haryana Amateur Wrestling Association to cast votes in the WFI polls.
A bench of Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj adjourned the case for August 28 after observing that the parties "have crucial right to cast vote for the elections to the Executing Committee of the Wrestling Federation of India which is scheduled to be held tomorrow i.e. 12.08.2023 ..... is ordered to be stayed till the next date of hearing."
Earlier in July, the top court had lifted the Gauhati High Court’s stay on WFI elections on a plea.
With inputs from IANS