India, July 9 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside the Sports Ministry's recognition of Yogasana Bharat as the National Sport Federation for Yogasana, saying the federation did not satisfy the "mandatory eligibility criteria" under the Sports Code.

The High Court in its order said, "the recognition letter dated 27.11.2020 issued by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in favour of Yogasana Bharat as the National Sports Federation for the sport of Yogasana and the speaking order dated 19.10.2021 passed pursuant to the directions of this Court are hereby quashed and set aside."

The court said that at the time of recognition, on 27 November 2020, the federation had existed for only about three months, whereas the Sports Code r...