The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the All India Football Federation (AIFF) to issue necessary tenders for the selection of its new commercial partner, with Justice L. Nageswara Rao to oversee the selection process.
The order did not mention anything about elections.
To fill the legislative gap, this Court has monitored the management, sanction and conduct of national level football tournaments and leagues by the All India Football Federation (‘AIFF). In the process, assistance of a distinguished retired judge of this Court was taken to examine a draft constitution for AIFF, prepared after involving every stakeholder. Finally, after hearing all the parties, including the amici curiae on the final draft of the proposed constitution of AlFF we reserved the case for judgment. While reserving, we directed AIFF not to enter into any binding ontracts till the judgment is pronounced,” the order said.
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Published on Sep 02, 2025
