New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- The Delhi High Court has declined to interfere with the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' decision recognising the Indian Pickleball Association (IPA) as the National Sports Federation (NSF) for the sport of pickleball in India, holding that the grant of recognition and accompanying relaxations were policy decisions taken within the framework of the National Sports Development Code, 2011.

Dismissing the writ petition filed by the All India Pickleball Association (AIPA), Justice Sachin Datta observed that the Sports Code is a consolidated set of executive instructions and not a rigid or immutable statutory framework.

The Court emphasised that the Code must be applied with sensitivity to the nature and stage of de...