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Court reserves order on Sachin Tendulkar's Bharat Ratna

The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court yesterday reserved its order on a PIL challenging the award of Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.

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The petition filed by IPS official Amitabh Thakur and social activist Nutan Thakur contended that theu00a0award had no provisions or guidelines to select
people.u00a0The petitioner’s counsel Asok Pande argued that cricket was less of a sport and more a ‘tamasha’ or fun.

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