Karnataka HC stays ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award to Sania Mirza

The Karnataka High Court has stayed ‘Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna’ award to Sania Mirza on the plea of Paralympian Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda, who had won a Silver in Men’s High Jump at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Girisha claimed that he was more deserving for the award, but ignored by the selection committee.

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