Relief for Lakshya Sen in age-fraud controversy; Supreme Court stays Karnataka HC order; All we know so far

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 25) has issued a special notice on Lakshya Sen’s plea in quashing an investigation which alleged the Indian badminton star fabricated birth certificates to participate in underage tournaments. The 23-year-old Indian shuttler has filed a petition to the Karnataka High Court to either stall the investigation to to dismiss the initiation of the criminal proceedings against him. 

On Tuesday, a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran of the Supreme Court, issued a notice and stayed coercive steps against the petitioners. The Lakshya Sen age-fraud case will be now heard on April 16, 2025.