Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, who died in 1984, obtained the bronze medal on the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952. File.
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The Maharashtra Authorities has knowledgeable the Bombay Excessive Court docket that it has despatched a proposal for the Padma Vibhushan award to Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, the 1952 Olympic bronze medallist. The Authorities additionally said it would send a proposal for the Padma Awards 2027 earlier than the nomination deadline of July 31.
A Bench of Justices Madhav Jamdar and Pravin Patil of the Excessive Court docket’s Kolhapur bench had closing month asked the Centre and the Voice authorities to make a option on the conferment of the Padma Vibhushan to Jadhav after his death. On Can also unprejudiced 7, the Court docket current the Voice authorities’s submission and posted the topic for additional listening to on June 30.
The Court docket used to be listening to a public interest litigation filed by the Kusteeveer Khashaba Jadhav Basis, based mostly by Jadhav’s son Ranjeet. The PIL sought a course to the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (Padma Awards Cell) to raise in mind the foundation’s illustration for the award.
Jadhav, who died in 1984, obtained the bronze medal on the Helsinki Olympic Games in 1952. He used to be given the Arjuna Award after his death in 2001. The PIL said the wrestler’s family had submitted a couple of representations to the authorities. After no response, the foundation moved the Excessive Court docket.
Published – Can also unprejudiced 16, 2026 03:46 am IST
