Archery mess: Delhi HC directs sports ministry to form transitory committee

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the sports ministry to form a five-member transitory committee to look into the state of affairs of the suspended Archery Association of India till fresh elections are held.

Hearing a PIL in the Rahul Mehra versus Union of India & Ors, a Delhi HC Special Bench comprising Justice S Murlidhar and Najmi Waziri directed that the committee will be constituted latest by August 23 and hold its first meeting on August 24.

The committee will be headed by retired Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice B D Ahmad and will have one representative each from the sports ministry, Indian Olympic Association, and the two AAI factions, Mehra tweeted.

"The committee is constituted to ensure Archery Association of India (AAI) once again enjoys good standing with World Archery Federation (WAF) so that our Archers are permitted to represent India under Indian flag in the forthcoming qualifying tournaments & Tokyo Olympics," Mehra wrote.

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