Goa, Aug. 31 -- Team Herald

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PANJIM: With Chief Minister Pramod Sawant recently taking the initiative to implement a sports quota for the State's sportspersons in the professional colleges, the High Court of Bombay at Goa has struck it down.

This may come as a setback, but importantly, the High Court did not oppose the idea of a sports quota - it was struck down merely on procedural grounds. Since Goa has a Sports Policy in place since 2009, the government must follow the proper framework to make such a quota legally valid and the hurried implementation during mid admission process without changing the prospectus is wrong, the High Court ruled.

This move by the Goa government follows several rounds of appeals over...