India, Feb. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday entrusted the running of the country's amateur kabaddi federation to an elected governing body, with the court clarifying that its order was not an endorsement of the elected body but an "ad-hoc" arrangement to ensure the federation's affiliation gets restored and women players can participate in an international event later this month.

The federation has been run by justice (retd) SP Garg of the Delhi high court, the court-appointed administrator, since August 2018.

The court passed Thursday's order after solicitor general Tushar Mehta appearing for Centre informed the bench about a letter received from the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) that promised steps to restore the affiliati...