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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday entrusted the running of the country's amateur kabaddi federation from a court-appointed administrator since August 2018 to an elected governing body, with the court clarifying that its order is not an endorsement of the elected body but an "ad-hoc" arrangement to ensure the federation's affiliation gets restored and women players can participate in an international event this month.

Just two days ago, the top court had directed the Centre to seek assistance of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to enquire into allegations of former office bearers of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) acting with vested interests to wrest control from the administrator-justice (retd) SP Garg of the Delhi high court, who brought in transparency in the functioning of the federation, riddled with allegations of misappropriation and nepotism.

At the same time, the court had also asked the Centre to take all possible steps to ensure the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) lifts the de-affiliation of AKFI and permit players to participate in the Women's Kabaddi Championship to be held in Iran from February 20 to 25.

The court was hearing a petition filed by two players - Priyanka and Pooja, seeking permission to participate in the international event.