Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Monday stepped aside from hearing pleas related to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the All India Football Federation (AIFF)-related constitutions, framed by former apex court judge Justice L Nageswara Rao.
CJI Khanna, while sharing the bench with Justice Sanjay Kumar, declared at the outset of the proceedings that he would not hear these cases as he had earlier taken up one of the pleas in Delhi High Court.
“Let the pleas come before another bench headed by Justice PS Narasimha on February 10. I remember hearing this in Delhi High Court,” CJI Khanna said.
The pleas were taken on March 19, 2024, by a bench headed by the then CJI DY Chandrachud.
The bench had then permitted the AIFF to file its objection to the draft constitution proposed by Justice Rao.
“The amicus curiae will update the existing chart to reflect the objections of the AIFF,” the bench had said.
It had then declared that it will hear cases related to the IOA and AIFF constitutions on next hearing date.