Bengaluru, March 21 -- Former union sports minister Anurag Thukar's bid to contest the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections received a boost after the Himachal Pradesh high court ruled on Thursday that the decision of the federation's incumbent president Ajay Singh to reject Thakur's nomination by the Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association (HPBA) was "without any authority and power".
Justice Ajay Mohan Goel directed BFI to extend the last date of nomination to enable Thakur to file his papers representing HPBA and to "fully participate" in BFI's AGM. The court said the election process will be subject to the final outcome of the writ petition filed before it by HPBA.
The court put in abeyance a March 7 notice issued by Singh that reje...