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Delhi HC Suspends TTFI Executive Committee, Finds National Coach Guilty of 'Match-Fixing'

Star Indian table tennis player Manika Batra had moved to court last year alleging that the national coach Soumyadeep Roy 바카라pressurised바카라 her to 바카라throw away바카라 an Olympic qualifier match.

Manika Batra was left out of the Indian contingent for the Asian Table Tennis Championships 2021.
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The Delhi High Court on Friday directed the appointment of an administrator to run the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), saying that its faith was shaken in view of the sports body바카라s 바카라sorry state of affairs바카라. (More Sports News)

Justice Rekha Palli, who was dealing with the petition filed by the Commonwealth Games gold medallist and Khel Ratna awardee Manika Batra, said that the report of the three-member committee, constituted by it to look into the allegations of match-fixing levelled by the paddler, showed that TTFI 바카라safeguarded the interests of its officials바카라 and that 바카라instead of promoting players, TTFI is dictating terms.바카라

The judge said that this country takes pride in its sportsperson and people who don't understand how players are to be treated 바카라should be out바카라. The name of the administrator along with other relevant details concerning his appointment will be given in the court order.

Batra, who was left out of the Indian contingent for the Asian Table Tennis Championships, had moved the court last year alleging that the national coach Soumyadeep Roy 바카라pressurised바카라 her to 바카라throw away바카라 an Olympic qualifier match in favour of one of his personal trainees.

바카라The report reveals a sorry state of affairs. The court is appalled to note some of the observations made by the committee with regard to the manner in which respondent no 1 (TTFI) and respondent no 3 (national coach) were functioning,바카라 the judge said.

바카라These people should be out of this, people who don't understand how players are to be treated, to give them dignity. These people are the pride of the nation. These people (TTFI officials) have to be suspended,바카라 the judge remarked during the hearing.

바카라In view of the circumstances, the court is left with no option but to appoint an administrator... The Executive Committee of the respondent no 1 will no longer be allowed to take any decision or interfere in the manner in which the administrator decides to discharge the duties assigned to him under the Code,바카라 the court dictated in its order as it clarified that since there are a number of tournaments coming up, it was expected that the present management will render all assistance to the administrator.

The court said that at this stage, it was not passing an order for the initiation of an independent inquiry into the management of TTFI. In November last year, the court had constituted a three-member committee under the chairmanship of former judge of the Supreme Court Justice Vikramjit Sen to look into paddler Manika Batra's allegation of a match-fixing attempt by the national coach.

In the petition, the paddler had claimed that TTFI was carrying out its selection processes in a non-transparent manner and targeting certain individuals such as herself.

The petition has asserted that the national coach, in a clear conflict of interest, was running a private table tennis academy simultaneously and on one occasion, 바카라pressurized the petitioner to throw away a match only with a view to help one of his trainees at his private academy to qualify for the Olympics, 2020바카라.

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