Delhi HC orders Narinder Batra to stop functioning as IOA chief

A vacation bench of Justice Dinesh Sharma passed the order on a contempt petition filed by Olympian and hockey World Cup winner Aslam Sher Khan. "The court ordered that Mr. Narinder Batra should stop from functioning as IOA president with immediate effect," advocate Vanshdeep Dalmia, who appeared on behalf of Khan, told PTI.

"It was a contempt proceeding as Mr. Batra was continuing to attend meeting as IOA president despite an earlier order of this court. "The court also said Mr.

Anil Khanna, senior vice-president, will be the acting president of the IOA," he added. On May 25, Batra was removed as IOA chief after the Delhi High Court struck down the post of 'life member' in Hockey India, courtesy which he had contested and won the apex body elections back in 2017. At that time also, the IOA had installed Khanna as its acting chief.

Batra had filed his nomination for the IOA president's post as a representative (life member) of Hockey India. "He was not resigning from the post of IOA president after the High Court order of last month. So, I had to file a contempt of court petition.

It is not his personal property, it is a national body and everybody will have to abide by court order. But he was not doing that," Khan said. In a petition filed by Khan, the Delhi HC had ruled last month that the position of life member and life president were "illegal" since they were not in consonance with the National Sports Code, and installed a three-member Committee of Administrators (CoA) to run Hockey India.