SC sets aside Rajasthan HC`s order on BAI

New Delhi: In a reprieve to the Badminton Association of India, the Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the

Rajasthan High Court order which had put restrictions on the power of BAI president V K Verma. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and A K Patnaik also remitted the matter back to the High Court to examine the maintainability and merits of the writ petition. Earlier this month, the Jodhpur High Court had restrained Verma from taking any decision as head of the sports body without its prior permission. The court had also asked Verma and BAI secretary Vijai Sinha not to perform any duties which deals with the composition of the BAI and stay away from taking any coercive action against any members. However, with the Supreme Court putting aside the order, meant Verma will be free to take any decision with the support of his executive committee for the time being. Verma and Sinha have been at loggerheads over the functioning of BAI and it took an ugly turn when a writ petition was filed before the Jodhpur High Court alleging Verma of unauthorisedly and unlawfully occupying the post of BAI President. PTI