The Delhi High Court sought a response from the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) on the plea moved by wrestlers Antim Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal challenging Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia's exemption.
Justice Subramonium Prasad directed the counsel appearing for IOA's ad-hoc panel that's running the WFI to file the affidavit by Thursday itself and listed the case for hearing on July 21.
Panghal and Kalkal challenged the IOA ad-hoc panel's decision to exempt Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat from trials for Asian Games, granting them direct entry into the wrestling squad in the 65 KG and 53 KG respectively.
The wrestlers' joint petition demands fair trials without granting any exemption to any grappler and the whole process should be videographed.