Aicf secretary patel

Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act: In a major setback for Dev A. Patel, Secretary, All India Chess Federation (AICF), the Ethics Committee of the Indian chess body has ordered not to take coercive measures against former Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan and maintain status quo, as it suspended the two show-cause notices issued to the latter.

Not only that, the Ethics Committee on August 26 also directed Patel to provide the minutes of the meeting in which it was resolved to terminate the existing independent Ethics Committee, as required by law, within a period of 20 days.

“The production of these minutes is also a legal requirement under Section 29 of the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, wherein it is directed that a copy of the minutes and records of all the meetings should be maintained in the headquarters of the Federation and should be accessible to any member free of cost,” the Ethics Committee noted.