PRESIDENT, INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION & ANR. vs SKI AND SNOWBOARD INDIA & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 09.03.2026. % Judgment delivered on: 23.03.2026 + LPA 104/2026, CM APPL. 14068/2026, CM APPL. 14069/2026 & CM APPL. 14070/2026 PRESIDENT, INDIAN OLYMPIC ASSOCIATION & ANR. ..... Appellant Through: Mr. Gopal Jain, Senior Advocate along with Ms. Aashita Khanna, Ms. Aanya Agarwal and Mr. Vidushpat Singhania, Advocates. versus SKI AND SNOWBOARD INDIA & ANR. ..... Respondent Through: Ms. Neha Singh, Advocate for Respondent No.1. Mr. Udit Dedhiya, SPC with Ms. Apurva Sachdev, Mr. Preyansh Gupta, Advocates & Mr. Amit Rana, GP. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA LPA 104/2026 Page 1 of 12 Signature Not Verified Digiltally Signed By:SREERAM L Signing Date:23.03.2026 14:58:52 JUDGMENT DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, C.J. 1. Heard Shri Gopal Jain, learned senior counsel representing the appellants, Ms. Neha Singh, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.1 and Shri Udit Dehiya, learned special panel counsel representing the respondent No.2 and have perused the records available before us on this Letters Patent Appeal. 2. This Intra-Court appeal seeks to challenge the judgment and order dated 10.02.2023, passed by the learned Single Judge whereby the W.P.(C) No. 3418 of 2025 instituted by the respondent No.1 has been allowed, and the Office Order under challenge therein dated 13.10.2023 has been quashed. At this juncture itself, we may state that the Office Order dated 13.10.2023, that was under challenge in the proceedings of the writ petition before the learned Single Judge, was passed by the appellant No.1 – President, Indian Olympic Association whereby an ad hoc Committee comprising of four members was appointed to manage the affairs of the respondent No.1 – Ski and Snowboard India, inc