Bengaluru, Dec 1: The Karnataka high court on Friday ordered emergent notices to the Badminton Association of India(BAI), Sports Authority of India(SAI) and Karnataka Badminton Association on a petition filed by 37 parents highlighting rampant age fraud in the sport.
Justice B Veerappa also ordered notices to the ministry of youth affairs and sports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the petition filed by Nilesh G Prabhu and 36 others. The petitioners have sought for a direction to the BAI to consider and implement within a timeframe their representation which details several instances of age fraud and suggest some measures to check them.
“Most of the age-fraud cases are with respect to players who are already in the system. The BAI is completely silent on those who have produced delayed birth certificates while obtaining a BAID (Badminton Association Identifier — the identity document provided by BAI) and also cases where the players with BAID have later produced delayed birth certificates and got their date of birth changed,” the petitioners claimed.
“It has become the modus operandi for many players to get their BAID with one date of birth and later change it by furnishing delayed birth certificates and then play in categories open to younger age groups. BAI has not put any checks and balances in place to vet such requests before incorporating the changes,” the petitioners have contended.
According to them, the medical procedures employed to verify/ascertain the age of the players can at best be used to estimate the age and are not helpful in slotting the players in the right age groups, and this is resulting in players continuing to perform in underage categories. This, they say, is undermining the efforts of players in their legitimate age groups and also stealing their opportunities.
It has been also stated that when the BAI approached the SAI seeking funds for participation of the Indian team at Badminton Asia Junior U-15 and U-17 championships 2018, held in October at Mandalay, Myanmar, the SAI had sent back Meiraba Luwang (BAID: 6925), Tasmin Mir (BAID: 14604), Mansi Singh (BAID: 12279) and Bhargavi K (BAID: 5699) for not being of the right age to represent the country in the championship. However, despite SAI’s objection, they were allowed by BAI to play in the tournament.
The petitioners have pointed out that many top players in all age groups have delayed birth certificates and their parents are well-educated and gainfully employed; in fact, some of them are even employed in the sports departments of central/state governments. “It is these very parents who, in cahoots with a few of the unscrupulous coaches/academies, create delayed birth certificates to ensure their children get an undue advantage while playing in the underage categories. In all such instances where delayed birth certificates are registered, the place of birth is stated as “home”, “village”, “in autorickshaw”, and so on,” the petitioners have added.
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Those who has , included my Daughter name, k. Bhargavi BAI ID 5699, what you know about her date of birth. , I am taking this matter very seriously, Those who have gone to the high court, they all responsible for my Daughter's carier, she is up coming National and International, talented player. My wife is a central government employee, she has taken spl child care leave.all documents, and doctors reports, are submitting to supreme Court shortly.
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