On Monday, the Supreme Court canceled the company against the badminton player Lakeshya dream, his family members and coaches in the case of counterfeiting his birth certificates. The bench of judges Sudhanshu Dhulia and Aravind Kumar said that the continuation of criminal proceedings against the dream was an abuse of the trial of the court. The Supreme Court observed the accusations that were examined and revealed by the competent authorities, now required to be revived because it excluded any new evidence deserving of the reopening of the investigation.
“The petitioners, in particular the petitioner 1 and 3, are athletes of national positions who represented India in international badminton tournaments and have won several awards, including medals at social games and BWF international events,” the court said. The Supreme Court continued: “To force individuals who have maintained a spotless record and brought a distinction to the country through permanent perfection to undergo the suffering of criminal proceedings in the absence of prima facie material, would not affect the objectives of justice.”
The evocation of criminal law in such circumstances, the detained bench, would mean misuse of a process that this court cannot calculate.
The Supreme Court watched the Indian Sports Office (SAI), when it received complaints, in 2016, the process of verification, which included medical testing and factual investigation.
Players were declared that they had undergone bone ossification and dental tests in government hospitals, including Aiims, Delhi.
“The findings of these tests supported the years of birth, as recorded in official documents. On this basis, SAI closed the matter. CVC, independent supervision body, was also confiscated about the problem and did not recommend any disciplinary proceedings against DK Sen.
The complainant MG Nagaraj allegedly the birth certificate dream and his brother Chirag Dream were created.
The best court was heard of an action against the Karnataka High Court order of February 19, who dismissed a petition filed a dream, his family members and his coach at Vimal Kumar.
The High Court found evidence of Prima facie and guaranteed the investigation of the case.
Nagaraj claimed that the parents of the dream Dhirendra and Nirmala dream, along with his brother, coach and employee of the Karnataka Badminton Association, were involved in falsifying birth records.
According to the complaint, the accused allegedly manipulated his dream of the brothers and reduced his age by about two and a half years.
The purpose of alleged counterfeiting was to allow them to participate in badminton tournaments with age -limited and take advantage of government benefits.
Nagaraj supported his claims with documents obtained under the law of RTI and asked the court to summon the original records from SAI and the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Nový Delhí.
On the basis of evidence, the court ordered the High Grounds police station to conduct an investigation.
Police subsequently filed a company according to sections 420 (cheating), 468 (counterfeiting) and 471 (using counterfeit documents as real) IPC.
In 2022, the petitioners moved the Karnataka High Court and secured the interim order that stopped the investigation.
They argued that the complaint and subsequent companies were unfounded, motivated and aimed to bother them.
Nagaraj was reportedly acted from a personal vendeta after his daughter signed up to the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy in 2020, but was not selected after the evaluation process.
Kumar, coach at the Academy, was appointed in a complaint.
The High Court, while the petition rejected, observed that the applicant’s advisor had not submitted arguments, although they were given sufficient opportunities.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
28th July 2025
Tune
