Five-time Paralympian shooter Naresh Kumar Sharma has moved the Apex Court challenging an order of the High Court of Delhi which had posted his plea relating to his non-selection for the upcoming Tokyo games for hearing on Aug 6.
Mr Sharma has said that a division bench of the HC had on July 30 sought responses of the Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) & the Centre on his appeal against its single-Judge order which had refused to interfere with his non-selection for the games.
He said in his petition filed in the Supreme Court that last date of selection for shooting in Tokyo Paralympic is Aug 2 & if the matter is heard on Aug 6, it would make the plea infructuous.
It said the petitioner's counsel had tried for an early date of hearing before the HC since, as per the policy of PCI, the deadline for sending names of final selected candidates for participation in the games is Aug 2.
The plea said that "The petitioner humbly seeks intervention of this court in the present matter as the legitimate opportunity of the petitioner to participate in Tokyo Paralympics in R7 event & consequently bring laurels to the country will be lost if the arbitrary, discriminatory & capricious selection of the shooter in R7 event by the selection committee of PCI is allowed".
During the July 30 hearing before the HC, Mr Sharma's counsel had submitted that the event will start from Aug 24, & Aug 2 is the deadline for Tokyo 2020 organising committee to receive sports entry forms submitted by the National Paralympic Committee (NPC).
The council had urged the HC to list the matter on an early date, however, the bench had said the petitioner should have approached the court a little earlier & not at the last moment.
On July 27, the high court's single-judge order had said that PCI's conduct in relation to the selection of another player over Sharma was "unbecoming of a public sporting body" which has to maintain a fair, transparent & inclusionary approach.
However, the Court had refused to interfere with the selection of the other player over Sharma at this belated stage, noting that the shooting team was already in a bubble.
However, it had asked the Union Sports Ministry to examine the aspect & take action, if necessary.
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