NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to declare Hockey as India's national game.
The PIL was moved by advocate Vishal Tiwari who argued that till now hockey has not been officially declared as the "national sport".
The petitioner questioned that if India can have a national animal why not national sports. However, the advocate withdrew his PIL after the Bench, comprising Justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat and Bela Trivedi, told the advocate to either withdraw his PIL or it would be dismissed.
In SportzPower's considered opinion, the country's apex court should have slapped a financial penalty on what is a plea that has more "media noise" value than serious intent.
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