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K’taka HC stays Khel Ratna for Sania
The tennis star\'s name has been recommended for India\'s most prestigious sports award, but it has now been put on hold. The Karnataka High Court has put a stay on the prestigious Khel Ratna award being given to tennis star Sania Mirza.Sania Mirza\'s name was officially approved for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on August 14.
Bengaluru: The tennis star's name has been recommended for India's most prestigious sports award, but it has now been put on hold. The Karnataka High Court has put a stay on the prestigious Khel Ratna award being given to tennis star Sania Mirza.Sania Mirza's name was officially approved for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award on August 14.
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She became the only second tennis player to be nominated for the highest sporting honour. Karnataka Paralympic athlete HN Girisha filed a petition with the way his performance was ignored by the Sports ministry-appointed panel, after which the state High Court put a stay on Sania's "Khel Ratna".
In the High Court proceedings on Wednesday, Justice Bopanna sought replies from the respondents as to why Girisha's name was overlooked in favour of Sania, considering the points system being implemented by the Central government. Girisha, a Paralympic Games medallist, said in his plea that he deserved to win the coveted award more than Sania because he was the top contender with 90 points against his name and the tennis star was far behind him as per performance-based points system.
Girisha said Sania's Wimbledon doubles crown would not be counted in the consideration for the coveted award as it was not included in the sports events mentioned in the government notification for awarding Khel Ratna. “I deserve to win the top award given to sportspersons.
I am a top contender as I garnered 90 points as against Sania, who is not anywhere near in top contenders' list. The award is given to sportspersons based on the performance-based points system,” the silver medallist in the 2012 London Paralympics said.
