News : Seeking illegal advantage out of position not good, reckons IOA Treasurer on IOA chief

It’s been hardly a fortnight ago when 57 National Sports Federations lost their annual recognition by the Sports Ministry following honorable Delhi High Court’s order. The Sports Ministry had last month extended the federations’ recognition until September 30, 2020. However, they were forced to reverse the order. Now in another move, the honorable Delhi HC has made it clear that the practice of granting provisional recognition to National Sports Federations in the country without ascertaining whether they are following the sports code cannot be allowed to go on. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma and central government standing counsel Anil Soni, appearing for the ministry, urged the bench for an interim order granting permission to provisionally recognize the NSFs in view of various sporting events, including the Olympics, which are scheduled to occur in the next several months. Not following the National Sports Code religiously by different federations has been a major cause of concern in Indian sports since long now, and the impact has been rigorous so much so that it has made the Indian sporting culture hit abyss.