Tejaswin moves Delhi HC against CWG squad exclusion

New Delhi: Tejaswin Shankar, India's high jump national record holder, has approached the Delhi High Court following his exclusion from the 2022 Commonwealth Games squad.

The writ petition moved through Adv Malak Bhatt is listed for the hearing on Wednesday and would be taken up later in the day.

He was not included in the list of 37 names picked by the federation that held a selection committee meeting last week.

In the plea, the petitioner contended that the Athletics Federation (AFI)'s decision to exclude him from the CWG squad is arbitrary, illegal, and against national interest.

The Delhi-based Shankar is studying business administration at Kansas State University in the United States and is on a four-year athletics scholarship since 2017.

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