NEW DELHI: Selecting sportspersons to represent the country is based on numerous factors and cannot be as simple as comparing individual performance scores, and litigations arising from the selection exercise may disrupt and impact the preparation and performance of the players, the Delhi High Court has said.
The court, while dismissing petitions by table tennis players Manush Shah and Swastika Ghosh against their exclusion from the country's Commonwealth Games squad, emphasised that a player must possess physical as well as great mental and emotional strength and agility to represent a nation and to participate and excel, and it is thus pivotal that there should be no uncertainty in their minds.
