{"id":19367,"date":"2012-04-12T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T06:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=19367"},"modified":"2012-04-12T12:08:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T06:38:47","slug":"court-clears-way-for-athletics-body-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-clears-way-for-athletics-body-elections","title":{"rendered":"Court clears way for athletics body elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/court-clears-way-for-athletics-body-elections\/athletics-federation-of-india\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19368\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19368\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-clears-way-for-athletics-body-elections\/athletics-federation-of-india\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Athletics-Federation-of-India.png?fit=240%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"240,167\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Athletics Federation of India\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Athletics-Federation-of-India.png?fit=240%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19368\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Athletics-Federation-of-India.png?resize=240%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Athletics-Federation-of-India.png?w=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/04\/Athletics-Federation-of-India.png?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to go ahead with electing its office bearers for the 2012-16 term.<\/p>\n<p>Refusing to stay the election process, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. 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