SC orders status quo in Delhi HC’s order setting up panel to run it

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
18:
The
Supreme
Court
on
Thursday
ordered
status
quo
and
said
that
the
Delhi
HC-appointed
three-member
Committee
of
Administrators
(COA)
will
not
take
over
affairs
of
Indian
Olympic
Association.

A
bench
headed
by
Chief
Justice
N
V
Ramana
took
note
of
the
submissions
of
Solicitor
General
Tushar
Mehta
that
the
appointment
of
the
CoA
may
lead
to
the
Association’s
suspension
by
the
International
Olympic
Committee
as
it
happened
in
the
case
of
the
All
India
Football
Federation
(AIFF)
recently.

SC
adjourns
hearing
on
‘freebies’
by
political
parties
for
Aug
20

The
bench
agreed
to
hear
the
appeal
of
the
IOA
during
the
day
after
finishing
the
hearing
of
listed
matters.
The
Delhi
High
Court
on
August
16
had
ordered
the
setting
up
of
a
three-member
CoA
to
manage
the
affairs
of
the
IOA.
The
high
court
said
the
“persistent
recalcitrance” of
the
IOA
to
comply
with
the
Sports
Code
made
it
imperative
that
its
affairs
be
put
in
the
hands
of
the
COA
comprising
former
Supreme
Court
judge
Justice
Anil
R
Dave,
former
Chief
Election
Commissioner
S
Y
Quraishi,
and
former
Secretary
of
Ministry
of
External
Affairs
Vikas
Swarup.