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

A single-judge bench of Justice Vishal Mishra granted the stay, allowed necessary amendments in the petition and scheduled the next hearing for January 5.

The petition filed by Parmar, a resident of Sehore, has pointed out that the Madhya Pradesh government has announced the Vikram Award for adventure sports for 2023.

Dehariya, a resident of Chhindwara, has been selected for the award.

The petitioner has said she has no objection to Dehariya's selection but she had hoisted the tricolour on Mount Everest, the world's highest

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