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SC rejects J&K plea challenging quashing of FIR against Olympic Judge Bilquis Mir
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New Delhi, Jul 29: The Supreme Court has dismissed a Jammu and Kashmir administration petition challenging the quashing of an FIR in a corruption case against Bilquis Mir, India’s first female judge for kayaking and canoeing at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The petition was moved before the apex court challenging the Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s last July order quashing the FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) against Mir.
The high court had delivered a scathing rebuke to authorities saying it “seems that the people at the helm of affairs are leaving no stone unturned in harassing such talented people”.
While condoning the delay in challenging the high court order, a division bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M Pancholi dismissed the petition on merits.
“This attitude of ACB clearly smacks of wreaking vengeance upon the petitioner (Mir).