New Delhi, June 9 -- The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Uttar Pradesh Kho Kho Association, upholding an earlier decision refusing recognition of the association's executive committee elected in October 2021.

The Court held that the National Sports Development Code, 2011, applies not only to national sports federations but also to their constituent state associations, and granted the association liberty to pursue other legal remedies regarding its allegations against the Kho Kho Federation of India.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia found no infirmity in the judgment of the Single Judge, which had rejected the association's plea seeking recognition of its ele...