The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by badminton player Lakshya Sen, challenging the Karnataka High Court’s order rejecting his plea to quash an investigation into the allegation of fabricating birth certificates to participate in the underage badminton tournament.
A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran issued notice to the Karnataka government and the complainant M. G. Nagaraj who alleged birth certificates of Sen and his brother Chirag Sen were forged.
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The matter will now be heard on April 16.
The highest court was hearing a plea challenging February 19 order of the Karnataka High Court which rejected the petitions filed by Sen, his family members, and coach.
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