India, March 3 -- The Delhi high court on Monday stayed the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) order constituting an ad hoc committee to run the Boxing Federation of India (BFI).

The IOA had on February 24 announced the ad hoc panel citing "administrative instability" in the federation with Jharkhand Olympic Association general secretary Madhukant Pathak as its head. This came seven months after the Indian boxers returned without a medal at the Paris Olympics, following a poor build up that led to the controversial exit of foreign coach Bernard Dunne.

A bench of justice Sachin Datta stayed the order taking note of its February 24 ruling to set aside the ad hoc committee constituted by IOA president PT Usha to manage the Bihar Olympic As...