Archery News: Supreme Court orders fresh elections of Archery Association

Supreme Court has set aside the Archery Association of India constitution as amended by Delhi High Court-appointed Administrator SY Quraishi. The bench of Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice Ajay Rastogi ordered fresh elections in four weeks to the Archery Association of India. The elections of AAI were held in December last year where BVP Rao was elected president of the Archery Association beating Rupak Debroy of Tripura by 49 votes to 36 in the contest for the president's post at the elections. Maha Singh was elected secretary while DK Vidyarthi won the contest for treasurer. Sunil Sharma was elected senior vice-president while Rajendra Singh Tomar and Purnima Mahato were chosen vice presidents. However, no observer from the Indian Olympic Association and Sports Ministry was present during the much-delayed elections, which were held under controversial circumstances as both bodies wanted the polls to be postponed. It was SY Quraishi who was adamant on conducting the polls as per a Supreme Court's directive.