New Delhi, May 23 -- The Delhi High Court has allowed wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the Asian Games 2026 selection trials, saying that "motherhood does not become a ground for exclusion."

The court passed the order on Phogat's appeal against the May 18 order of a single-judge bench, which had refused her immediate relief on the issue of her participation in the selection trials scheduled for May 30-31.

According to Bar and Bench, the court said Phogat could not meet the Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) "exclusionary" selection policy only because she was on maternity leave.

Motherhood cannot become a ground for exclusion or marginalisation of female athletes like Phogat, noted a Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra ...