A Division Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday confirmed a single judge’s January 19 order that henceforth only sportspersons and not politicians or businesspeople must hold positions such as president, vice-president and secretary of various sports clubs, associations and federations in the State.
Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy dismissed a writ appeal preferred by the secretary of Tamil Nadu Olympic Association and held that they did not find any infirmity in the order passed by Justice R. Mahadevan while dealing with a writ petition by discus throw champion S. Nithya.
The first Division Bench said that a detailed judgment giving elaborate reasons for its conclusion would follow soon. During the course of hearing of the appeal, the Chief Justice asked the appellant’s counsel why politicians, educationists and businessmen were interested in controlling sports bodies despite their busy schedules.
