Indian Olympic Association Should Have Resolved Internal Rift Of Volleyball Federation, Not Cancelled National Championship: Kerala High Court
Case: Roli Pathak v Union of India
Coram: Justice Devan Ramachandran
Case No.: WP(C) NO. 35357 OF 2023
Court Observation: “In the afore scenario, this Court can do nothing more than to hold empathy for the situation of the petitioners; but before parting, it is necessary to say that, in the interest of the game, the Indian Olympic Association ought to have resolved the disputes within the ‘Federation’, keeping in mind the schedule of National Games and without disturbing it; but alas, this has not been done, but they appear to have chosen the easier path of cancelling the competition in Volleyball itself.”
“Their chance to participate in the prestigious National Games has been now thwarted, solely because there are conflicts among persons who were expected to be in administration of the ‘Federation’. This power conflict has unfortunately reached a situation where the competition in Volleyball itself has been taken out of the National Games; and one wonders whether it would be of any consolation for the petitioners, that it would be substituted by a National Championship, to be held sometime in the future, depending upon the elections to be conducted within the ‘Federation’.”
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