SC says it does not look to monitor AIFF functioning

Ahead of the crucial AIFF special general body's Sunday meeting to adopt its constitution, the Supreme Court on Friday said that it does not intend to monitor the functioning of the football body.

- Abraham Thomas

The court was responding to an application filed by AIFF seeking changes to two key provisions in the constitution which affected its independence. The draft constitution was approved last month by the Supreme Court, which directed the AIFF to adopt the same by calling a Special General Body Meeting.

The two provisions under challenge were Article 23 that said no amendments will be carried out to the constitution without the court's nod; and Article 25.3 which bars a member of AIFF to simultaneously hold post in the state federations.

A bench of justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar, which heard the AIFF plea, said, “One thing you can clarify to the general body that the court is not intending to monitor your functioning. The intention behind Article 23 was to ensure the constitution gets adopted.”