Vikram Award row: HC junks mountaineer Patidar's petition, paves way for Dehariya to receive award

INDORE: (Dec 9) The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday dismissed a petition of mountaineer Madhusudan Patidar, who conquered Mt Everest in 2017, in which he had staked a claim to the state's top sports decoration 'Vikram Award' based on seniority, noting it is devoid of merit.

The single-judge bench also ruled that the state government has not committed any mistake in conferring the Vikram Award for the year 2023 in the adventure sports category to another mountaineer from the state, Bhawna Dehariya, who conquered Mount Everest in 2019.

The HC had completed the hearing on November 18 and reserved the verdict.