SC stays Delhi HC order, Bhaskar named AIFF Ombudsman

New Delhi, November 11

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The Supreme Court today stayed an earlier order by the Delhi High Court, allowing all AIFF elected committees to function on a regular basis, a press release issued by the federation stated. 

This will effectively allow Praful Patel to continue in his role as the president of AIFF.

The AIFF press release stated that Supreme Court also appointed SY Qureshi, former Chief Election Commissioner of India and former India football captain Bhaskar Ganguly as the Ombudsman to formulate the AIFF constitution within eight weeks.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court had set aside the election of Patel, who was last year elected as the president for a four-year term, his third successive tenure. The court set aside the elections saying they were held without following the National Sports Code. It also directed that fresh elections be conducted within a period of five months. — PTI