The Delhi High Court on Friday said it would pass an order on Saturday (July 22) on a petition by Under-20 World Champion Antim Panghal and Under-23 Asian Champion Sujeet Kalkal against the direct entry handed to Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia.
Justice Subramonium Prasad, while reserving the verdict, said, “The endeavour of the court is not to find who is better. The endeavour is to see whether the process has been followed or not”.
Phogat (53 kg) and Punia (65 kg) were given direct entry for the Asian Games by the Indian Olympic Association’s ad hoc committee on Tuesday, while other wrestlers will have to earn their places in the Indian squad through selection trials on July 22 and 23.
