Delhi High Court refuses to stay 'Indian Racing League' scheduled for November 19

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking stay on the 'Indian Racing League', a car racing event scheduled to be held from November 19 in Hyderabad and Chennai [Navjeet Harjinder Gadhoke v UOI & Ors]..The petitioner in the present case sought a direction of temporary injunction against holding the race.Single-bench of Justice Yashwant Varma noted that the material on record suggested a serious managerial dispute between petitioner who is an investor, shareholder, a Director and the other constituents of the fourth respondent to the case. The Court, therefore, found no reasonable justification to entertain the challenge raised by petitioner or intervene in the event and, therefore, dismissed the plea..Indian Racing League is a city-based car racing championship consisting of 6 teams competing in a league-style format.The league will be held over four weekends across two cities - Hyderabad and Chennai. The Hyderabad leg will start on November 19..The petitioner principally raised a grievance in respect of the manner in which meetings were conducted by the fourth respondent (organiser of the league) and the various resolutions passed ..The petitioner prayed for the following reliefs:quashing the sanction given for conducting the league;to place on all statutory permissions/licences and such other documents on the basis of which sanction for conduction allowed;direction to comply with National Sports Development Code of India, 2011;to take steps laying down model framework for organisation of sports event/ championship within the country..The Court proceeded to dismiss the plea.However, in relation to certain safety aspects in respect of the cars which are to participate in the upcoming event, the Court noted,"All that the Court deems appropriate to observe is to leave it open to the second respondent to duly examine the said issues and take such measures as may be warranted in the facts and circumstances of the case."The petitioner was represented by Senior Advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Dhruv Mehta along with Advocates Sandeep Sharma, Amit Choudhary,Sarthak Mannan, Aman Dhyani, Kanika Mitra, Kanchan Semwal, Agnivesh Singh.The respondents were represented by Senior Advocates Rajshekhar Rao, Rajiv Nayar and Dayan Krishnan along with Advocates Santanam Swaminadha, Kartik Malhotra, Sahil Narang, Abhay Vohra, Jaspal Singh, Prajjwal Sharma, Aahna Malhotra, Aayushman Kacker, Srishti Gupta, Ravindra Mitra, Abhishek Malhotra.The team of Burgeon Law, lead by Partner Abhay Vohra and assisted by Jaspal Singh and Prajjwal Sharma represented Racing Promotion Private Limited and principally advised the Company on the Company Law and Shareholder level matters..[Read Order]