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The Delhi High Court said connected Thursday that it has not stayed proceedings successful the proceedings tribunal successful the intersexual harassment lawsuit filed by respective women wrestlers against erstwhile Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The observations were made by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma portion objecting to the repeated adjournment requests made by Mr. Singh during the proceeding of his petition seeking to quash the case.
‘No arguments made’
The tribunal noted that portion the erstwhile BJP MP’s plea was filed successful August 2024, nary arguments person been made successful the substance till date. During Thursday’s hearing, Mr. Singh sought an adjournment successful the case, citing the unavailability of a elder lawyer. Clarifying that determination is nary enactment connected the proceedings tribunal proceedings, the tribunal adjourned the lawsuit to April 21.
The lawsuit stems from an FIR lodged by the Delhi constabulary based connected a ailment filed by six women wrestlers who levelled allegations of intersexual harassment against Mr. Singh.
The FIR was lodged connected the Supreme Court’s instructions pursuing protests by the wrestlers.
Mr. Singh is accused of charges specified arsenic outraging modesty, stalking, and transgression intimidation.
