Shiv Pratap Chauhan v. National Anti Doping Agency and Ors.
Anti-doping law – National Anti-Doping Rules, 2020 (NADAR), Article 7.4.1
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, Sachin Datta, J., W.P.(C) 18158/2025, order dated 02.12.2025 — Shiv Pratap Chauhan v. National Anti Doping Agency & Ors. Keywords: anti-doping; NADA; National Anti-Doping Rules 2020 (NADAR); Article 7.4.1; Atypical Finding; Adverse Analytical Finding; Adverse Passport Finding; provisional suspension kept in abeyance; Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) directed to decide appeal within eight weeks; low pH 1.91; Wushu athlete; ADRV. Useful for arguments on the distinction between Atypical Findings and Adverse Analytical/Passport Findings and on the preconditions for mandatory provisional suspension under NADAR; observations expressly prima facie.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with directions: (i) ADAP to expedite the consideration of the petitioner's appeal and endeavour to dispose of it as expeditiously as possible, preferably within eight weeks; (ii) till disposal of the appeal, the provisional suspension of the petitioner to be kept in abeyance; liberty to avail appropriate remedies under law if aggrieved by the appeal outcome.