NEW DELHI (AP) The Indian Boxing Federation was given a deadline of Dec. 4 by AIBA on Wednesday to organize fresh elections as it seeks to return from a suspension imposed last year.
"This morning, AIBA accepted IBF's request for a one-month extension to arrange the elections," Sebastien Gillot, communications director of the world governing body, told the Associated Press by email. "The deadline, therefore, is Dec. 4, 2013."
The IBF was suspended in December last year for not following proper election procedures. It was also no longer recognized by India's sports ministry for the same reason, and for failing to adhere to age and tenure restrictions of a government sports code.
The body, whose previous president Abhay Singh Chautala had been elevated to chairman during elections which were not recognized by AIBA, had been barred within days of the suspension from the Indian Olympic Association, of which Chautala was the new president.
The IOA was suspended by the International Olympic Committee for not following its constitution and for electing tainted officials, notably its new secretary-general Lalit Bhanot, who had been jailed for 10 months last year in a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.