Accusing the All India Tennis Affiliation (AITA) of being a ‘serial offender’ in violating the Sports activities Code, former India No. 1 singles participant Somdev Devvarman and ex-doubles specialist Purav Raja have dragged the nationwide governing physique to the court docket days earlier than its elections on September 28.
In a petition filed within the Delhi Excessive Court docket on Monday, the 2 gamers have alleged that the AITA has violated a number of provisions of the Sports activities Code, together with the ‘lack of any seats for athletes within the Central Council / Basic Meeting of AITA, lack of any mechanism for athletes to elect eminent sportspersons of excellent benefit to characterize them within the Central Council / Basic Meeting, lack of reservation of seats for athletes within the Government Committee and lack of any mechanism whereby athletes are elected from the Central Council / Basic Meeting to the Government Committee.’
They’ve additionally made the federal government a celebration to the case, alleging that the ‘(Sports activities) Ministry has by no means as soon as made efforts to determine if AITA is in compliance with the SportsCode… and has turned a blind eye to a number of patent violations.’