Jabalpur, Dec 11 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted an interim stay to the awarding of the Vikram Award for adventure sports to Everest climber Bhawna Dehariya for the year 2023 till it takes a decision on a petition filed by another mountaineer, Megha Parmar.

Already, an appeal has been filed before the Indore bench by mountaineer and Everester Madhusudan Patidar, claiming the state's top sports award for 2023.

Justice Vishal Mishra of Jabalpur bench on Thursday granted the stay and scheduled the next hearing for January 5.

Parmar, a resident of Sehore, said she did not object to Dehariya's selection, but she was the first to hoist the tricolour on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, on May 22, 2019.

Parmar claimed that she hoisted the tricolour before Bhawna Dehariy

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