India, May 23 -- A division bench of the Delhi High Court has permitted wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the Asian Games selection trials scheduled on May 30 and 31.

A bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, in its verdict released on Saturday, observed that WFI's selection criteria for the Games-only wrestlers who won medals in 2025 are eligible while earlier performances are not considered-were exclusionary. It left no discretion for the federation to consider accomplished athletes like Phogat, who is making a comeback after childbirth, and also marked a significant deviation from past practice.

In its 15-page order delivered on Friday, the court observed that two-time world medallist Phogat's exclusion fr...