ISL clubs request AIFF to seek urgent help from SC

Eleven Indian Super League (ISL) clubs asked All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Friday to apprise the Supreme Court about the uncertainty around India’s top men’s league and said they were surprised it had not been done yet.

- Dhiman Sarkar [e-mail]

AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey said they will seek legal opinion.

A joint letter from the clubs to Chaubey said AIFF should “urgently” inform the Supreme Court about the irreversible damage that threatens Indian football because of the legal uncertainty and administrative vacuum caused by an observation from the court that no major decision can be taken till its verdict is announced. If AIFF does not, the clubs would, independently. ISL double winners ‘Mohun Bagan Super Giant and East Bengal are not among the signatories. HT has seen the letter.

The clubs have said that as AIFF is the “statutory regulator of football in India” and the “principal party to the proceedings” in the Supreme Court, it can by “mentioning the matter for urgent listing and apprising the Hon'ble Court of the current situation” ensure that “ISL and associated competitions may proceed.”