AIFF says it hasn't written to FIFA on constitution
New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Wednesday denied writing to the global football federation FIFA for approval of its constitution cleared by the Supreme Court and assured the court that the amended constitution as cleared by the court will be put up for adoption at its general body meeting.
The clarification from AIFF came a day after the top court had expressed concern over a news report which alleged that AIFF had written a letter to FIFA over its draft constitution.
Appearing before a bench of justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar, senior advocate Ranjit Kumar appearing for AIFF said, "I have taken written instructions. They have denied such a news report. Everything according to the judgment of this court will happen."
The news report was brought to the attention of the court on Tuesday by senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who assisted the court as amicus curiae in finalising the constitution. Following AIFF's denial, Sankaranarayanan said, "I trust there is no letter written at all by AIFF to FIFA."
Kumar clarified that there may be communication with FIFA on other issues but with regard to the court's judgment, there is nothing.
The AIFF further informed the court that as per the judgment requiring adoption of the constitution within four weeks, the process has been initiated and the judgment along with the draft constitution has been circulated to the general body members.
On September 19, a bench of justices Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi approved the AIFF constitution. It directed the AIFF to call a meeting of the general body within four weeks and adopt the draft constitution with proposed modifications.
The news report presented to the court quoted a senior official suggesting that some of the deleted clauses in the draft constitution are in the modified version.
Advocate Rahul Mehra, who moved the Delhi high court to bring AIFF's constitution in line with the National Sports Code, had appeared on Tuesday and objected to the practice followed by national sport federations to get letters from international sport bodies to undermine judgments passed by the top court.
Mehra was not present in court on Wednesday....
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