DELHI HOCKEY vs HOCKEY INDIA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 15.12.2025 W.P.(C) 18957/2025 DELHI HOCKEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. D. N. Goburdhan, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Hemant Phalpher and Mr. Rohit Pal, Advocates. versus HOCKEY INDIA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shyel Trehan, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Rohan Poddar, Mr. Raghav Anand and Mr. Shubham Kathuri, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA SACHIN DATTA, J. (ORAL) CM APPL.78944/2025 (Exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 18957/2025 and CM APPL.78945/2025 3. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner / Delhi Hockey, a recognized State Federation and a member unit of Hockey India since 13.10.2014, being aggrieved by a Show Cause Notice (SCN) dated 31.07.2025 and a Hearing Notice dated 17.11.2025 issued by the respondent/ Hockey India. 4. The impugned SCN dated 31.07.2025 was issued pursuant to the orders dated 17.07.2025 and 25.07.2025, passed by this Court in W.P.(C) 2025. 5. The order dated 17.07.2025 reads as under: “W.P.(C) 10079/2025 and CM APPL.41837/2025 (Stay) 3. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner/Delhi Hockey, a