Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs was questioned by the Delhi High Court over the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) appeal against its ban. The Central government received a notice from Justice Subramonium Prasad giving them four weeks to submit a response. A follow-up hearing on the topic is set for May 28. On December 24, 2023, the Central government suspended the WFI after Sanjay Singh, a close assistant to the organization’s former head Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected to lead it.
The Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) Ad Hoc committee was dissolved as a result of the suspension. Dayan Krishnan, a senior counsel, contended on behalf of the WFI that the ban was against the 2011 National Sports Code of India and natural justice principles. He argued that in violation of the National Sports Code, the government did not give the WFI a show-cause notice prior to suspending it.
According to the request, elections were held by the WFI on December 21, 2023, in the presence of observers from other sporting organizations. “In spite of this, the WFI was suspended by the Sports Ministry on insignificant grounds, purportedly without due process or a chance to be heard.”
Furthermore, the WFI insisted that it had responded to the Ministry on December 26, 2023, but had not heard back. It had addressed all of the Ministry’s issues during the General Council meeting on December 21, 2023. In its petition, the WFI claims that the Ministry’s actions disregarded the WFI’s compliance with its commitments and infringed upon natural justice principles.
