The Supreme Court directed the Indian government to verify whether the Archery Association of India has amended its constitution in accordance with the 2011 National Sports Development Code, the PTI reported.
The apex court’s direction came during the hearing of the AAI’s plea against the verdict by the Delhi High Court on August 10, in which former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi was appointed to look into the functioning of the association, which was de-recognised by the government in 2012, for four months.
The AAI had told the Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra that the High Court should not have appointed Quraishi to look into the affairs of the association.
“We have amended our constitution in accordance with the National Sports Development Code, 2011,” senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the archery body, told the bench.
The bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, asked Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh to look into the amended constitution and apprise the court about the same within 10 days.
The bench has also fixed the date of the subsequent hearing for October 9.