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Delhi High Court rejects stay order of Somdev Devvarman & Purav Raja against AITA

Delhi High Court rejects stay order of Somdev Devvarman & Purav Raja against AITA

AITA Elections: Delhi High Court rejects stay order charged by Somdev Devvarman & Purav Raja against All India Tennis Association

The Delhi High Court is issued a major blow to Somdev Devvarman and Purav Raja. The other day, the duo dragged the AITA to the Delhi High court citing numerous Sports Code Violations. With a few days remaining before the AITA elections, now the court has rejected the stay petitions. Thus the elections are slated to commence as per the original plans.

The Delhi High Court say through the petition filed against the All India Tennis Association (AITA). However, the AITA elections were slated to take place on 28th September. But now, since the High Court has rejected the petition, it means that the elections can go ahead as per the original plans.

Somdev Devvarman & Purav Raja charge against AITA

The duo has charged the AITA for ‘lack of any seats for athletes in the Central Council / General Assembly of AITA, lack of any mechanism for athletes to elect eminent sportspersons of outstanding merit to represent them in the Central Council / General Assembly, lack of reservation of seats for athletes in the Executive Committee and lack of any mechanism whereby athletes are elected from the Central Council / General Assembly to the Executive Committee,’ as reported by the Indian Express.

‘(Sports) Ministry has never once made efforts to ascertain if AITA is in compliance with the SportsCode… and has turned a blind eye to multiple patent violations,’ are the further claims made by the duo.

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