The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the ad-hoc panel running the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) affairs to state before it the basis for the exemption granted to wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia from the Asian Games trials, reported PTI.

Justice Subramonium Prasad, while hearing a petition by Under-20 World Champion Antim Panghal and Under-23 Asian Champion Sujeet Kalkal against the direct entry handed to Phogat and Punia, asked the sporting body to file its response during the day.