The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a request made by the Sports Ministry for an opportunity to calm the troubled waters within the All India Football Federation (AIFF) by meeting with its Committee of Administrators and FIFA.
But the Bench led by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud made it a point to remind that it wants India to host the Under-17 Women’s World Cup in October 2022 and the court would assert every authority under its command to make it happen.
The sharp remarks from the Bench came while hearing a contempt petition filed by the Committee of Administrators (CoA), who complained that AIFF’s former president, Praful Patel, and some States’ football associations were moving indirectly to thwart the Supreme Court’s interim order on August 3 to conduct elections to the federation and finalise the AIFF’s Constitution in time for the World Cup.
