The Supreme Court on Thursday said it must bring the curtain down on issues plaguing the All India Football Federation (AIFF), including the objections raised to certain aspects of its draft constitution.

“We must now bring the finality...I mean the curtain down on the issue related to the federation (AIFF),” a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said.

The bench, also comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice J.B. Pardiwala, asked senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, assisting it as an amicus curiae, to have a meeting with the counsels of all stakeholders and find out the key objections to the draft constitution of the AIFF.

“We will list it for hearing after the hearing of the Constitution bench concludes,” the bench said.

The amicus replied everybody will have some kind of objection.

Responding to the query of the bench as to who is the present head of the AIFF, the amicus said Kalyan Chaubey, a former goalkeeper. “We do not know how this Chaubeyhas become the President. Mr(Bhaichung) Bhutia was partof the list of 24 eminent sportspersons. This man (Chaubey)was not there. But he has been elected as the President,” Sankaranarayanan said.

Chaubey routed former India captain Bhutia and was elected president on September 2, 2022.