New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the reply of sacked CWG Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi to a plea for stopping him from going to London for the 2012 Olympics and asked him not to advance his slated July 26 departure for it.
The plea made by advocate Rahul Mehra has sought the court's direction to restrain Kalmadi from going to London on the ground that he is facing trial in a corruption case and cannot be allowed to represent the country in an international event.
Issuing notice to Kalmadi, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw sought his reply to Mehra's pleas within three days.
The bench asked Kalmadi, who is scheduled to leave for the games on July 26 as the President of the Asian Athletes Association and also the Member Council of International Association of Athletes Federation, not to leave the country prior to his scheduled date of departure.
Issuing notice also to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which is headed by Kalmadi as its president, the bench, in its order, said, "Issue notice to respondents (IOA and Kalmadi)... He (Kalmadi) is not going to leave the country before his scheduled date of July 26."
The court posted the matter for next hearing on July 24.
Mehra has objected to Kalmadi's London sojourn, contending that he is going to attend the games on public money and in violation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) code of ethics.
On July 13, a special CBI court had allowed Kalmadi to go to London from July 26 to August 13 for the 2012 London Olympics.
Appearing for Kalmadi, senior counsel Rajiv Nayyar told the bench that his client is leaving for London Olympics on his individual capacity and not in his official capacity as IOA president.
"He is not representing the government. He is going in his individual capacity as he is being invited there," Nayyar replied to the court's query that as to in what capacity he was going to London.
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