India, Sept. 20 -- The Supreme Court on Friday approved the draft constitution of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) prepared by former top court judge L Nageswara Rao with certain modification, and directed the football body to adopt it within four weeks in a general body meeting. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi recognised the election of current executive committee members of the AIFF headed by president Kalyan Chaubey and said there is no point in holding a fresh poll, as only one year tenure is left. On April 30, the top court reserved its verdict on the issue of finalisation of the AIFF's draft constitution prepared by Justice Rao.

The top court has heard a host of senior lawyers, including Ranjit Kumar, R...