In a shock to the protesting wrestlers, the Supreme Court (SC) refused to entertain the plea filed by female wrestlers.
On the 4th of May, Thursday, the Apex Court, rejected the plea of women, accusing Mr. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Chairman of the Wrestler’s Federation of India (WFI) of sexual harassment. The wrestlers alleged the Brij Bhushan, also a Member of Parliament (MP) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of harassing women athletes during olympics and other games.
A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud refused to entertain an oral plea by the counsel representing the wrestlers that the ongoing probe against Singh, a BJP MP, be monitored by a retired judge of the apex court or high court.
The apex court, however, granted liberty to the wrestlers to approach the Delhi High Court or the jurisdictional magistrate for further relief.
The bench, also comprising Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, observed that the plea filed before it was for registration of an FIR and that purpose has been fulfilled.
“Having due regard to the ambit of the proceeding which were instituted before this court and following the registration of FIR, we close the proceedings at this stage,” the bench said while hearing a plea filed by three women wrestlers who had sought registration of FIR in the matter.
In demand of justice, the Wrestlers Association of India, including wrestlers like Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Babita Phogat, and others are staging protest at Jantar Mantar, in Delhi. In the recent development, the wrestlers also had a fight with the Delhi Police, who allegedly stopped the wrestlers at Jantar Mantar.
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