Supreme Court to finalise draft structure of All India Football Federation subsequent week

The elections of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) will likely be held after the apex council finalises the structure subsequent week. The CoA had submitted the draft to the Supreme Court on Friday.

AIFF elections will happen after the Supreme Court finalises the draft structure. (Courtesy: AIFF)

HIGHLIGHTSSupreme Court will finalise draft structure subsequent weekThe CoA had submitted finalised draft on Friday (July 15)AIFF elections will likely be held after apex courtroom finalises draft

The Supreme Court will finalise the draft structure of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), which has been framed by the Committee of Administrators (CoA).

The elections of the AIFF will likely be held after the apex council finalises the structure subsequent week. The CoA had submitted the draft to the Supreme Court on Friday, the AIFF had mentioned in a press release on July 16.

In a listening to on July 21, the bench mentioned: “The committee of administrators have finalised the report and 250 comments were received by COA.”

The CoA, which has been appointed by the Supreme Court, includes Justice (retired) Anil R Dave, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Dr SY Quraishi and former India captain Bhaskar Ganguly. The apex courtroom directed the CoA to help the Supreme Court in facilitating the adoption of the structure and put together electoral rolls for the aim of conducting elections of the AIFF on the earliest.

AIFF Acting General Secretary, Sunando Dhar mentioned: “After a lengthy set of discussions with various stakeholders, the draft Constitution of the AIFF has finally been submitted to the honourable court. I would like to congratulate everyone involved in the process on this swift move forward, and hope that with the new constitution in place, we can move ahead with developing Indian football.”

Dr Quraishi in a press release mentioned: “After a lot of deliberation, we have finally narrowed down on a draft constitution that would put the AIFF in line with the National Sports Code, as well as help it function efficiently as a Member Association of the FIFA and the AFC. We are confident that with these set of changes, the Federation will now be in a good position to guide Indian football further ahead.”

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