India, Dec. 2 -- The Delhi High Court has dismissed the petitions filed by wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, and Satyawart Kadian challenging the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) December 2023 elections, in which Sanjay Kumar Singh, a close associate of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, was elected as the federation's new president.

A bench of justice Mini Pushkarna in her order dated November 27, released later, also dismissed a contempt petition filed by Kadian against Centre, WFI and WFI ad hoc committee's inaction regarding August 16, 2024 order to restore the mandate of an ad-hoc committee appointed by the International Olympic Association (IOA) on December 27, 2023 to manage and control the affairs of the WFI.

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