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HC sets aside Praful Patel's election as AIFF president

FBL-U17-WC-2017 (File) Praful Patel speaks during a press conference ahead of the final of the U-17 FIFA World Cup at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan stadium in Kolkata | AFP

The Delhi HIgh Court on Tuesday set aside the election of Praful Patel as president of 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 S.Y. Quraishi the administrator of the AIFF.

The court, scrapping the election of executive members of AIFF, said that election was conducted without following the National Sports Code.

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