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Praful Patel loses All India Football Federation top job
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside the election of Praful Patel as president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and asked for fresh polls within five months.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside the election of Praful Patel as president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and asked for fresh polls within five months.
A bench headed Justice Ravindra Bhat also appointed former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi the AIFF administrator. The court, while scrapping the election of the AIFF's executive members, said that election was conducted without following the National Sports Code.
The order came two days after India successfully hosted the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time. Patel had said during the tournament that India was also looking to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Patel became acting president of the AIFF in 2008 when its then chief, Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi suffered a cardiac arrest. He was installed as full time president in October 2009 and was re-elected for a second stint in December 2012.
He got a shot at his third stint as AIFF chief in December last year. The AIFF defended Patel's election for a third term, asserting that it has followed all the provisions laid down in the National Sports Code, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
