India, Sept. 23 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the All India Football Federation (AIFF) over a news report that it had consulted the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) over its draft constitution, even as the court had approved it.

"Where is the question of consulting FIFA?" asked a bench of justices PS Narasimha and AS Chandurkar after senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who assisted the court in finalising the constitution, showed them the news report that AIFF sought FIFA's approval for it.

Sankaranarayanan said that there was no requirement to write to FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation. He added that former Supreme Court judge L Nageswara Rao had consulted them at the time of drafting the...