SC declares "null and void" Archery Association's Dec elections

The Supreme Court Wednesday declared "null and void" the elections conducted last December by the Archery Association of India (AAI) that were monitored by high court-appointed administrator S Y Quraishi, and directed fresh polling within four weeks.

It also set aside the AAI constitution, as amended by the Delhi High Court-appointed administrator, saying that steps taken by him were not in conformity with the directions passed by the top court earlier.

A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and Ajay Rastogi said that the incumbent elected body would continue to function as a committee of administrators of the AAI and allowed it to be in office until the newly elected body takes over.

"The Committee shall discharge only routine and day-to-day activities and shall not take any policy decision or create new financial liability, until the newly elected body takes over," the bench said.

"We further declare that all steps taken by the administrator on the basis of the administrator's ...