Supreme Court to hear Kalyan Chaubey's plea next week

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will hear a plea by former India goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey next week, who has sought fresh elections in the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

Chaubey, who played for the senior national team from 1999-2006, had moved the apex court in December with a plea to not extend the mandate of the current executive committee of the AIFF and hold fresh elections at an early date. He has also pleaded in the top court to correct the election eligibility process so that former players can also contest the elections and be part of AIFF's decision making.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S. A. Bobde and comprising Justices A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian said: "At the request of Tushar Mehta, learned Solicitor General appearing for the respondent(s), put up next week."

Chaubey had said that AIFF has put a very strange condition that if anybody wants to contest the federation's elections, he or she has to hold a position in a state association for at least four years. IANS

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