Mar 28, 2025 05:00 AM IST
BFI’s former secretary normal Hemanta Kalita and treasurer Digvijay Singh had been suspended on March 18, after being discovered responsible of “financial irregularities”
New Delhi: Boxing Federation of India (BFI)’s former secretary normal Hemanta Kumar Kalita and treasurer Digvijay Singh have moved the Delhi excessive courtroom towards the federation’s president Ajay Singh’s resolution to droop them.
Consultant picture. (AFP)
Kalita and Singh had been suspended on March 18, after being discovered responsible of “financial irregularities” in an investigation. The choice was made following an inquiry by former Delhi excessive courtroom decide Sudhir Kumar Jain. Jain was appointed by the BFI to hold out the investigation, following a criticism accusing the 2 of unauthorised fund withdrawals, fraudulent billing, and abuse of energy.
Although the matter was listed earlier than a bench of justice Sachin Datta on Thursday, the identical was adjourned for April 1. This occurred after Justice Datta opined that the matter needs to be heard by a bench coping with circumstances pertaining to elections because the difficulty in hand additionally associated to the identical. Accordingly justice Datta directed for itemizing the matter earlier than a bench of justice Mini Pushkarna, topic to the orders of chief justice DK Upadhyay.
In the course of the listening to, the BFI represented by senior advocate Anurag Ahluwalia, argued that the choice was taken following a report submitted by a former Delhi excessive courtroom decide, indicating monetary irregularities dedicated by the 2.
Of their petition earlier than the excessive courtroom argued by advocate Chaitanya Mahajan, the 2 had asserted that their suspension was in violation of the rules governing the BFI’s structure and the order was handed with out affording them a chance of being heard. It went on so as to add that the committee by no means received the assent of BFI’s government committee or normal home assembly, and so they had been eliminated maliciously.
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