The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed former apex court docket decide Justice L Nageswara Rao to amend the Constitution of the Indian Olympic Association and create an electoral school.
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud mentioned the previous judges of the apex court docket would guarantee a good and development-oriented strategy to the way forward for Olympics within the nation.
The high court docket requested Justice Rao to amend the Constitution and put together a street map for holding elections by December 15, 2022.
This allowed Rajeev Mehta, who’s presently the Secretary General of the IOA, and Adile Sumariwala, Vice President of the IOA, to attend the assembly with the International Olympic Committee on 27 September.
“All logistics arrangements will be made available to Justice Rao by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and reimbursed by the IOA,” a bench of Justice Hima Kohli mentioned.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 8 issued a closing warning to the IOA to “resolve its governance issues” and maintain elections by December, failing which the world sports activities physique would impose sanctions on India.
The IOC’s government board, which met in Lausanne, Switzerland, had additionally determined to not acknowledge any “acting/interim president” after Narinder Batra was ousted as president of the Indian Olympic Association, saying it will The Secretary General will take care of Rajeev Mehta as the principle level. Contact Ajay.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
