Former India women’s hockey team captain Asunta Lakra challenges the ethics proceedings initiated against her by Hockey India. Both reports say she disputes the maintainability of the case and raises questions about whether the Hockey India Ethics Committee has the authority to hear it. Lakra’s challenge focuses on the committee’s jurisdiction rather than the underlying allegations at this stage, according to the outlets. The dispute centres on whether the ethics proceedings should proceed as filed, given her objections to the committee’s competence to adjudicate the matter. The articles do not provide details of the specific charges in the excerpts shared, but they agree that Lakra has formally denied the charges and seeks to contest the case on procedural grounds. The next step implied by the reports is that Hockey India and its ethics process will respond to her challenge and determine how the matter proceeds after the jurisdiction question is addressed.