AIFF elections deferred till the next hearing on January 20 by the Delhi High Court

DELHI HIGH COURT HAS STAYED THE ALL INDIA FOOTBALL FEDERATION (AIFF) ELECTIONS for non-adherence of provisions of the Sports Code as reported in The Times of India. 

In a public interest litigation (PIL), Rahul Mehra, a sports activist put forth to the Delhi High Court how the AIFF elections are in violation of several provisions of the Sports Code. 

Mehra said,

"I had got information that various sports bodies are going to polls clandestinely and violating all norms. The matter regarding the Indian Olympic Association, AIFF and Archery Association of India was placed before the court. Since the AIFF elections were already under process, it has now been stayed till the next date of hearing, while the IOA and archery association must conduct elections immediately”

In a letter by general secretary Kushal Das to all state associations, the AIFF had already completed its elections with 17 members, including the president and treasurer being elected unopposed. 

Mehra the Sports Code states, each candidate must be nominated by one member association and seconded by another where as in AIFF electoral process, each candidate has to be nominated by five member associations.

"This is an undemocratic clause where you are ousting a person even before he has filed his nomination,” said Mehra. “The AIFF has turned this into a farcical and undemocratic election,” said Mehra.  

The High Court stayed the AIFF elections till the next hearing on January 20, 2017.

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