Former India No. 1 singles player Somdev Devvarman and former doubles specialist Purav Raja have taken the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to court, accusing it of being a “serial offender” in violating the Sports Code. They have sued the association days before its elections on September 28.
The two athletes have claimed that the AITA has broken multiple rules of the Sports Code in a petition that was submitted to the Delhi High Court. These rules include the following:
- No seats for athletes in the Central Council/General Assembly of AITA
- Lack of any mechanism whereby athletes are elected from the Central Council/General Assembly to the Executive Committee
- Lack of reservation of seats for athletes in the Executive Committee
In their lawsuit, they have also included the government, claiming that the (Sports) Ministry has turned a blind eye to multiple patent violations and has never once made efforts to ascertain if AITA is in compliance with the Sports Code.
Source: The Indian Express