India, March 20 -- The Himachal Pradesh high court on Thursday permitted former union minister Anurag Thakur to file his nomination for the upcoming elections to the electoral college of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), ruling that the BFI's incumbent president Ajay Singh's decision to reject Thakur's nomination was "without any authority and power".

Justice Ajay Mohan Goel also directed BFI to extend the last date of nomination to enable Thakur to file his nomination to represent the Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association (HPBA), and to "fully participate" in the BFI's annual general meeting.

The election process would be subject to the final outcome of the writ petition filed before the high court by HPBA.

Thakur, who is also a Lok...