The Athletics Federation of India’s selection committee had a scheduled meeting on Wednesday, ostensibly for other reasons but the focus remained on high jumper Tejaswin Shankar after the Delhi High Court directed the federation to consider him for the Commonwealth Games.
Tejaswin had challenged the AFI’s decision to exclude him from the quadrennial event starting July 22, despite achieving the qualifying mark, for not participating in the recent Inter-State meet or seeking exemption.
“It is directed that the selection committee shall consider the case of the petitioner on merits of his jump and the fact that he has not participated in inter-State championships may not be the sole criteria for rejecting his candidature,” Justice Jasmeet Singh said, directing the AFI to consider the case on merit and not participation.
