All financial decisions were taken by Executive Board: Hockey India CEO Elena Norman
Hockey India CEO Elena Norman has recently filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court and said, the Inquiry Report on alleged irregularities in Hockey India made various general, vague and omnibus allegations against her, which apart from being over and beyond the mandate of the Inquiry Officer, are also entirely bereft of evidence.
The affidavit stated that the Inquiry Report failed to notice that the CEO was never a member of the Finance and Audit Committee or the Tender Purchase Committee.
It was also submitted that the various general, vague and omnibus allegations against the Deponent/Elena Norman in the Inquiry Report are entirely sans evidence and made in ignorance of the various sub- Committee Rules of Hockey India (apart from being in violation of principles of natural justice), and thus deserve to eschewed and expunged by this Court.
She also informed the Court that Hockey India has withheld the salary since the month of November 2023 despite her continuing to diligently discharge her duties as CEO of Hockey India and despite the fact that her employment contract is valid and subsisting till 31.12.2026.
The Deponent is dismayed that despite her long association of almost 13 years with Hockey India, for reasons unbeknownst to her, she is being made to feel unwelcome, is facing a situation where her pay has been withheld, and is forced to presently work in a hostile and uncharitable atmosphere, stated in the affidavit.
The long-serving CEO of Hockey India, Elena Norman had resigned from her position on
