The Himachal Pradesh High Court Today (Mar 20) permitted BJP MP Anurag Thakur to file his nomination for the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, overriding BFI President Ajay Singh’s rejection.
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SHIMLA: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has given permission to BJP MP Anurag Thakur to submit his nomination for the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections. This decision came in response to a petition filed by the Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association (HPBA) and another party against the Union of India and others.
Justice Ajay Mohan Goel directed the BFI to extend the deadline for nominations so that Anurag Thakur could submit his nomination and take part in the BFI’s Annual General Meeting.
He also allowed Thakur to
“Fully participate in it including but not limited to the contest for any post for the BFI.”
The election process will continue, but the final result will depend on the outcome of the case filed by HPBA. This case was against the rejection of Thakur’s nomination, which was done by BFI President Ajay Singh. The court order stated:
“Accordingly, as an ad-interim measure, this Court stays the operation of Notice, dated 07.03.2025, as well as the rejection of nomination of one of the two nominated members by petitioner No.1, namely, Mr. Anurag Singh Thakur and directs respondent No.3-Federation [BFI] to treat the nomination of Mr. Anurag Singh Thakur alongwith the nomination of Mr. Rajesh Bhandari to be a valid nomination for the Electoral College by petitioner No.1 and proceed with the election process in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of respondent No.3”
The case was about a notice issued by BFI President Ajay Singh, which rejected Anurag Thakur’s nomination for the elections. The High Court examined whether this rejection was valid under BFI regulations.
Justice Ajay Mohan Goel pointed out that the BFI President is not the General Council of the organization. Therefore, he does not have the authority to issue notices regarding the interpretation or implementation of BFI Regulations on his own.
The court also found that the BFI Rules and Regulations do not say that only properly elected members of state boxing units affiliated with the BFI can be nominated for the Electoral College.
“Therefore, this Court has no hesitation in holding that prima facie it is evident that notice, dated 07.03.2025 (Annexure P-2) has been issued by respondent No.2 without any authority and without any power under the Rules and Regulations of respondent No.3, which supplants the provisions of the Rule and Regulations and does violence with them,”
-it said.
The case was represented by several senior lawyers. Senior Advocate Abhinav Mukerji, along with Advocates Chaitanya Mahajan, Amit Kumar Dhumal, Richa Thakur, Parul Negi, Padamja Sharma, and Devang Sharma, appeared for HPBA.
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For the Union of India, Deputy Solicitor General Balram Sharma represented the case.
On the other hand, Senior Advocate RL Sood, along with Advocate Arjun Lall Sood, represented BFI President Ajay Singh. Additionally, Senior Panel Counsel VB Verma represented BFI in the matter.
CASE TITLE:
Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association and another v Union of India and others.
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