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The proper course would have been to allow the election to be conducted and make the election subject to the outcome of the pending writ petition. Read further on Dynamite News:

SC sets aside HC stay on WFI elections. Bench fails to understand how HC could set entire process at naught. Proper course would have been to allow election and make it subject to outcome of pending writ petition. Outcome of election will be subject to orders passed in petition.

“If Indian wrestlers win medals at Asian Games this year, the credit would be theirs entirely, and not the system,” Gian Singh, Wrestling Federation of India’s ad-hoc committee official, told Newslaundry. “They have been left to fend for themselves,” he said, pointing to the suspension of the Sports Authority of…

Delhi Police said that former WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan, accused of sexual harassment of several women wrestlers, was not exonerated by the oversight committee constituted by the government

The oversight committee formed by the Union Sports Ministry — to investigate sexual harassment allegations levelled against former Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh — has not been constituted as per the rules of the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, according to the…

A Bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Pankaj Mithal asked the petitioner, Andhra Pradesh Amateur Wrestling Association to approach the high court with its grievances.

UWW suspends WFI for not conducting elections on time. Wrestlers can compete in UWW events, but not under Indian flag. Protest by wrestlers over sexual harassment, intimidation, financial irregularities & administrative lapse. Election process delayed due to court stays & factions of WFI. To restore athletes' right to compete under…

The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday heard the arguments of senior counsel for six women wrestlers who alleged that they were sexually harassed by the then WFI Chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Read further on Dynamite News:

World body announces suspension over India’s failure to hold elections after its federation chief criminally charged.

UWW suspends WFI for not holding elections on time; Indian athletes may compete as individuals in upcoming events. Indian wrestlers' names listed under 'IND' in Worlds entries; selection trials for World championships to be held at Patiala. IOA appointed Justice (retd.) M.M. Kumar as returning officer; polls stayed twice by…

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had appointed the ad-hoc panel on April 27 and the committee was supposed to hold elections within 45 days.