The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside the election of Praful Patel as the All India Football Federation president and made former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi as administrator of the national body.
The court said the AIFF’s 2016 elections didn’t follow the National Sports Code. It has directed fresh elections to be held in five months.
Delhi HC has also directed for fresh elections for AIFF within 5 months, also says previous AIFF election didn't follow National Sports Code
— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2017
Patel was unanimously re-elected as president at the Annual General Body Meeting held in December last year. This is his third term in the post.
According to PTI, the elections were completed in the presence of the appointed returning officer Justice Bipin Chandra Kandpal (Retd.), Dilip Kumar Singh from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and Kuldeep Vats on behalf of the Indian Olympic Association.
The decision follows a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by sports activist Rahul Mehra.