Modi-led panel set to meet this week amid churn in election body
9 months, 1 week ago

Modi-led panel set to meet this week amid churn in election body

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A Prime Minister Narendra Modi led high-level committee is likely to meet on March 15 to select the election commissioner for the position left vacant after the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey in February, a person aware of the matter said. However, Arun Goel’s decision to step down as the poll officer days before the likely announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections might prompt the panel to meet at an earlier date as the Election Commission now only consists of chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, the person added. Arun Goel’s decision to step down might prompt the panel to meet at an earlier date Parliament in December passed a new law to appoint CEC and election commissioners. Alok Prasanna, a constitutional law expert and co-founder of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, said: “Constitutionally, there should be at least one Election Commissioner.

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Delhi Commissioner, Mayor at odds over zonal committee elections
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Commissioner, Mayor at odds over zonal committee elections

The Hindu  

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi witnessed high drama a day before the zonal committee elections, with Mayor Shelly Oberoi on Tuesday refusing to appoint presiding officers, saying her “conscience did not allow her to stand for an undemocratic election process” and MCD Commissioner Ashwani Kumar overruling her a few hours later, saying the polling will happen as per schedule. The …

Election Commission of India | Hand-holding Indian democracy
8 months ago

Election Commission of India | Hand-holding Indian democracy

The Hindu  

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The year was 1951. The Gist Among the most crucial reforms the CEC introduced were the switching from individual coloured ballot boxes for each candidate to ballot papers and then the Electronic Voting Machines As parties raised doubts over the security of the EVMs, the ECI introduced a …

Narendra Modi interview: 'Those close to 'family' were made ECs,' PM counters lack of level playing field charge
8 months, 1 week ago

Narendra Modi interview: 'Those close to 'family' were made ECs,' PM counters lack of level playing field charge

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismissed the Opposition's charge of lack of a level playing field and countered that in the previous governments, those "close to the family were made Election Commissioners." New Delhi, Apr 15 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an interview with Asian News International Editor-in-Chief Smita Prakash, in New Delhi on Monday. You may want to …

Odisha Assembly Election 2024: ECI approves names of three IPS officers for fresh posting in Odisha
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha Assembly Election 2024: ECI approves names of three IPS officers for fresh posting in Odisha

The Hindu  

The Election Commission of India has approved the appointment of three IPS officers as Superintendent of Police of Rourkela, Angul and Deputy Commissioner of Police Cuttack, an official said on Friday, April 5, 2024. The ECI in a letter to Odisha Chief Secretary has approved the appointment of Brijesh Kumar Rai for the post of Rourkela SP, Prakash R as …

Watch | How were the new Election Commissioners selected, and why is the new law being criticized?
9 months ago

Watch | How were the new Election Commissioners selected, and why is the new law being criticized?

The Hindu  

Watch | How were the new Election Commissioners selected, and why is the new law being criticized? The two officials are the first to be appointed under the new law governing appointments to the constitutional body, the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners Act, 2023. Article 324 of the Constitution says the Election Commission shall consist of the Chief …

System to pick election commissioners is valid even if no judge is on panel: Government
9 months ago

System to pick election commissioners is valid even if no judge is on panel: Government

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Union government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it was justified in appointing two new election commissioners under a recently enacted statute because the new law envisions a “democratic, collaborative and inclusive” regime that cannot be faulted solely for not having a judge on the selection panel. The Centre’s affidavit on Wednesday said that it would …

Selection and election: On the appointment of Election Commissioners
9 months ago

Selection and election: On the appointment of Election Commissioners

The Hindu  

The quick, if not hasty, filling up of two vacancies in the Election Commission of India has attracted justified criticism. The multi-member body got two new members within days of the resignation of Arun Goel, an Election Commissioner whose appointment itself came in the midst of a Constitution Bench hearing for a truly independent process of selecting members of the …

Election Commission in the eye of a storm
9 months, 1 week ago

Election Commission in the eye of a storm

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Last week, the surprise resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel and the subsequent developments ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, triggered a nationwide debate on the neutrality and the independence of the election watchdog. Though the Central government has not made any statement on the reasons for the sudden resignation of the EC yet, a high-powered committee chaired …

Rajiv Kumar | A bureaucrat for all seasons
9 months, 1 week ago

Rajiv Kumar | A bureaucrat for all seasons

The Hindu  

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has been in the spotlight after the abrupt resignation of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, who was scheduled to succeed Mr. Kumar next year as CEC. Mr. Kumar superannuated as Finance Secretary in February 2020 and in less than 45 days, he was appointed as the chief of the Public Enterprises Selection Board — the body …

Enjoyed working with Arun Goel, says CEC Rajiv Kumar; explains how ECI functions
9 months, 1 week ago

Enjoyed working with Arun Goel, says CEC Rajiv Kumar; explains how ECI functions

Hindustan Times  

While announcing the dates for the 2024 general elections on Saturday, chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar also addressed the elephant in the room – former election commissioner Arun Goel’s abrupt resignation a week ago. ': EC Breaks Silence On Arun Goel's Abrupt Exit Before Poll Date Announcement Kumar said that he enjoyed working with Goel, that everybody should respect the …

Why did Arun Goel resign as election commissioner? CEC Rajiv Kumar replies
9 months, 1 week ago

Why did Arun Goel resign as election commissioner? CEC Rajiv Kumar replies

Hindustan Times  

Chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar, in his first reaction to the abrupt resignation of election commissioner Arun Goel, on Saturday said the panel respects if he had “personal reasons” to quit. Rajiv Kumar, flanked by two new election commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, was responding to reporters after announcing the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Describing …

New Election Commissioners take charge
9 months, 1 week ago

New Election Commissioners take charge

The Hindu  

Former bureaucrats Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu on Friday assumed charge as Election Commissioners, a day before the poll body is scheduled to announce the dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Mr. Kumar and Mr. Sandhu were on Thursday appointed as Election Commissioners by a high-powered panel, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the first time …

Arun Goel’s resignation : What the resignation of an Election Commissioner ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha Polls implies
9 months, 1 week ago

Arun Goel’s resignation : What the resignation of an Election Commissioner ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha Polls implies

The Hindu  

The resignation of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner just ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has created ripples in Indian politics. For the first time since 1993, a single-member Election Commission is currently supervising poll preparations in the world’s largest democracy. There is no word on why Mr. Goel, who was handpicked by the BJP government, quit but some …

PM Modi-led panel to meet to pick new Election Commissioner today
9 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi-led panel to meet to pick new Election Commissioner today

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-powered committee on selecting election commissioners and will meet on Thursday, March 14, to finalize the names of two new election commissioners. A search committee headed by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal met on Wednesday evening to prepare a panel of five candidates to fill two vacancies of election commissioners in the Election Commission, …

PM Modi-led panel's key meeting to pick 2 new election commissioners today, days after Arun Goel's resignation
9 months, 1 week ago

PM Modi-led panel's key meeting to pick 2 new election commissioners today, days after Arun Goel's resignation

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-chaired high-powered committee on selecting election commissioners will meet on Thursday, March 14, to finalise the names of two new election commissioners. A search committee headed by Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal met on Wednesday evening to prepare a panel of five candidates to fill two vacancies of election commissioners in the Election Commission, news agency …

Panel, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely to appoint new Election Commissioners by March 15
9 months, 1 week ago

Panel, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely to appoint new Election Commissioners by March 15

The Hindu  

March 10, 2024 10:03 pm | Updated March 11, 2024 08:12 am IST - New Delhi: The two vacancies in the Election Commission, created by the surprise resignation of Arun Goel and the retirement of Anup Chandra Pandey, are likely to be filled by March 15, sources indicated on March 10. A high-level selection committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra …

Pick upright officers to fill up vacancies in the apex poll body
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Pick upright officers to fill up vacancies in the apex poll body

New Indian Express  

When a member of the Election Commission of India who is in line to become the Chief Election Commissioner suddenly puts in his papers, it does sound odd. Yet, Election Commissioner Arun Goel sent his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu on March 8 without copying it to his boss, CEC Rajiv Kumar. With three more years left in the …

Election Commission or election omission, asks Congress after Arun Goel resigns as EC
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Commission or election omission, asks Congress after Arun Goel resigns as EC

The Hindu  

The Congress on March 9 expressed "deep concern" over Election Commissioner Arun Goel's resignation and said if the "systematic decimation" of independent institutions is not stopped then democracy shall be usurped by dictatorship. Venugopal said in a post on X, "It is deeply concerning for the health of the world’s largest democracy that Election Commissioner Mr. Arun Goel has resigned …

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha polls
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times  

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigned just ahead of the Lok Sabha election 2024 and President Droupadi Murmu accepted his resignation on Saturday. Election Commissioner Arun Goel's resignation comes amid the Commission's peak preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Arun Goel's resignation came amid the peak of Lok Sabha election preparation by the Election Commission. It is deeply concerning for …

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha elections; Opposition parties express deep concern
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha elections; Opposition parties express deep concern

New Indian Express  

His tenure was till December 5, 2027, and he would have become Chief Election Commissioner after incumbent Rajiv Kumar retired in February next year. According to the new law on appointment of CEC and ECs, a search committee headed by the law minister and comprising two union secretaries will shortlist five names. Last year, the Supreme Court had dismissed a …

PM Modi to lead meet on Election Commissioner appointment with Amit Shah, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today
10 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi to lead meet on Election Commissioner appointment with Amit Shah, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lead the inaugural meeting to appoint a new Election Commissioner, who will succeed Anup Chandra Pandey. Pandey's tenure will end with his retirement on February 15, prompting discussions for his replacement under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023. Key attendees and process PM Modi will chair the meeting, joined …

PM Modi to chair meet today to select new election commissioner
10 months, 2 weeks ago

PM Modi to chair meet today to select new election commissioner

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday chair the first meeting under the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023 to select a new election commissioner to replace Anup Chandra Pandey, who is due to retire on February 15. The new act, which came into effect on January 2, stipulates that the President will appoint CEC and ECs …

President Murmu gives assent to bill for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commissioners
11 months, 3 weeks ago

President Murmu gives assent to bill for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commissioners

India TV News  

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu has granted her approval to a bill that aims to establish a mechanism for the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, as per a government notification issued on Friday. The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Bill, 2023, includes provisions to establish a search committee chaired by the law minister, …

Rajasthan polls: Congress holds Central Election Committee meeting to discuss candidate list
1 year, 2 months ago

Rajasthan polls: Congress holds Central Election Committee meeting to discuss candidate list

India TV News  

Rajasthan Assembly elections: A crucial meeting of the Congress Central Election Committee was held at AICC headquarters in Delhi on the shortlisting of candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly elections on Wednesday. Congress president Mallikarun Kharge, CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, AICC in-charge of state Sukhjinder Randhawa, Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee chief …

The Election Commission — autonomy in the crosshairs
1 year, 3 months ago

The Election Commission — autonomy in the crosshairs

The Hindu  

Of late, the Election Commission of India has been a focal point of differences between the government and the judiciary. The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment on March 2, directed that the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioners will be appointed by the President of India based on the advice of a committee made up of the …

Proposed Election Commisioners selection Bill ploy to rig 2024 Lok Sabha election: Trinamool Congress
1 year, 4 months ago

Proposed Election Commisioners selection Bill ploy to rig 2024 Lok Sabha election: Trinamool Congress

The Hindu  

The Trinamool Congress on August 10 alleged that the new proposed Bill that seeks to regulate the selection of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners is a ploy to rig the 2024 Lok Sabha poll as the BJP is afraid of the united I.N.D.I.A. Future Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners will be selected by a three-member panel …

What's the new bill that wants to keep chief justice out of selection process of poll officers?
1 year, 4 months ago

What's the new bill that wants to keep chief justice out of selection process of poll officers?

Firstpost  

The Centre on Thursday listed in the Rajya Sabha a bill that seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India on a panel advising the president on the appointment of top poll officers with a Union cabinet minister. “The appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners shall not be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in or …

Committee headed by PM Modi meets to appoint new CBI director, CVC, Lokpal
1 year, 7 months ago

Committee headed by PM Modi meets to appoint new CBI director, CVC, Lokpal

Live Mint  

A high-level committee meeting was held at the official residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in the national capital on Saturday in connection to the appointments of the new Central Bureau of Investigation director, Chief Vigilance Commisioner and Lokpal, official sources said. According to sources, the committee is responsible for selecting the next CBI director, the Chief Vigilance Commissioner …

Supreme Court Directs Appointment Of Election Commissioners On Advise Of Committee Comprising Prime Minister, Leader Of Opposition And CJI
1 year, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Appointment Of Election Commissioners On Advise Of Committee Comprising Prime Minister, Leader Of Opposition And CJI

Live Law  

A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has ordered that Election Commissioners will be appointed by the President of India on the advice of a Committee consisting of the Prime Minister, and leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, and the Chief Justice of India.This practice will be enforced until a law in this regard is made by the Parliament, …

Election Commissioner of India Anup Chandra Pandey meets chief electoral officers
1 year, 10 months ago

Election Commissioner of India Anup Chandra Pandey meets chief electoral officers

Hindustan Times  

Election Commissioner of India Anup Chandra Pandey on Wednesday held a meeting with the chief electoral officers of Chandigarh, Punjab, and Haryana at the Hyatt Regency on the second day of his visit to the city. Election commissioner of India AC Pandey at the Panjab University campus. He reviewed the report of the Special Summary Revision of 2023 that was …

Benchmarks for Election Commissions’ appointments
2 years ago

Benchmarks for Election Commissions’ appointments

The Hindu  

The way India’s constitutional and political structures have evolved over the years seems to have made elections almost a mechanistic and ritualistic exercise. Ambedkar said, “However good a Constitution may be, it is sure to turn out bad because those who are called to work it, happen to be a bad lot. The working of a Constitution does not depend …

Collegium For Appointing Election Commissioners Will Enhance Their Independence : Former CEC SY Quraishi
2 years ago

Collegium For Appointing Election Commissioners Will Enhance Their Independence : Former CEC SY Quraishi

Live Law  

Commenting that the system of appointment of Election Commissioners is defective, former Chief Election Commissioner Dr.SY Quraishi said the process should be revamped to ensure the neutrality and independence of the Election Commission of India.Speaking in an interview with LiveLaw, he said, "I have spoken on many occasions that the most powerful Commission in the world has the most. Commenting …

SC questions 'lightning speed' in appointing Arun Goel as Election Commissioner
2 years ago

SC questions 'lightning speed' in appointing Arun Goel as Election Commissioner

Firstpost  

Referring to Arun Goel’s appointment, the Attorney General said his profile is important and not the voluntary retirement which is being made an issue New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the “haste” and “tearing hurry” in appointing Arun Goel as Election Commissioner. At the outset, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph perused the Centre’s …

Election Commissioners must not be “weak-kneed” yes-men, says SC
2 years ago

Election Commissioners must not be “weak-kneed” yes-men, says SC

The Hindu  

Dear reader, We have now made it easier for you to manage your The Hindu newsletter subscriptions in one place! The Supreme Court, whilst hearing the appointment of former IAS officer Arun Goel as Election Commissioner, said the country needs ECs who would not shrink from taking on even the Prime Minister and are not “weak-kneed” yes-men. The Court repeatedly …

SC asks Centre to produce file related to appointment of Arun Goel
2 years, 1 month ago

SC asks Centre to produce file related to appointment of Arun Goel

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court asked the Centre on Wednesday to produce before it the file related to the appointment of Election Commissioner Arun Goel, who was appointed on November 19. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice K M Joseph said it wants to know whether there was any “hanky panky” in Goel's appointment as election commissioner as he …

Inclusion Of CJI In Consultative Process For CEC Appointment Will Ensure Independence: SC
2 years, 1 month ago

Inclusion Of CJI In Consultative Process For CEC Appointment Will Ensure Independence: SC

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the inclusion of the Chief Justice of India in the consultative process for the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner would ensure the independence of the poll panel. The Centre argued that a 1991 Act ensured the Election Commission remains independent in terms of salary and tenure to its members and there is …

Supreme Court asks Centre to show Election Commissioner Arun Goel's appointment files
2 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court asks Centre to show Election Commissioner Arun Goel's appointment files

Hindustan Times  

Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Centre to produce before it the files pertaining to the appointment of Arun Goel as the Election Commissioner. Arun Goel assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner of India on November 21. Sushil Chandra’s retirement as the chief election commissioner in May 2022 left the post of one commissioner in the three-member ECI vacant. A …

CEC appointment panel: Wrong to assume having a judge will ensure transparency, Centre tells Supreme Court
2 years, 1 month ago

CEC appointment panel: Wrong to assume having a judge will ensure transparency, Centre tells Supreme Court

India TV News  

CEC appointment panel: The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it was a wrong assumption that the mere presence of someone from the judiciary in the panel for the appointment of Election Commissioners and the Chief Election Commissioner would ensure transparency and independence. The top court's remark came after the Centre claimed the present system of appointment of Election …

Arun Goel assumes charge as Election Commissioner
2 years, 1 month ago

Arun Goel assumes charge as Election Commissioner

The Hindu  

Arun Goel, a retired IAS officer of the 1985 Punjab cadre, assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner of India here on Monday. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, who is currently in Nepal as the international observer for their ongoing national elections, personally called and congratulated Mr. Goel on his appointment. With Mr. Goel assuming charge, the third and final …

Arun Goel takes charge as election commissioner
2 years, 1 month ago

Arun Goel takes charge as election commissioner

Live Mint  

NEW DELHIi: Retired Punjab cadre IAS officer Arun Goel on Monday assumed the office of election commissioner, the Election Commission said in a statement. He will join chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar and election commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the Election Commission. Minister of Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju while notifying the appointment made by President Droupadi Murmu said, “The …

Arun Goel takes charge as election commissioner
2 years, 1 month ago

Arun Goel takes charge as election commissioner

Hindustan Times  

Former bureaucrat Arun Goel took over as an election commissioner on Monday two days after his appointment. Former bureaucrat Arun Goel assuming charge as election commissioner. Sushil Chandra’s retirement as the chief election commissioner in May 2022 left the post of one commissioner in the three-member Election Commission of India vacant. Goel will be in line to become the next …

Who is Arun Goel, the former bureaucrat appointed as new election commissioner?
2 years, 1 month ago

Who is Arun Goel, the former bureaucrat appointed as new election commissioner?

Hindustan Times  

Arun Goel, a former bureaucrat and an officer from the Punjab cadre, on Monday took charge as an election commissioner, filling the third and final post in the all-important constitutional body that conducts elections in India. Goel joins chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar and election commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey. Election Commissioner Arun Goel The post had been unoccupied since former …

Rajiv Kumar appointed next CEC, to assume charge on 15 May
2 years, 7 months ago

Rajiv Kumar appointed next CEC, to assume charge on 15 May

Firstpost  

Kumar took charge as the Election Commissioner on 1 September, 2020, prior to which he had been the chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar was on Thursday appointed as the next chief election commissioner. In pursuance of clause of article 324 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Rajiv Kumar as the …

No person serving government can be appointed Election Commissioner: SC
3 years, 9 months ago

No person serving government can be appointed Election Commissioner: SC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a major ruling aimed at upholding the independence of the Election Commission, the Supreme Court on Friday said that no person serving the government could be appointed as Election Commissioner as they have to be independent and act independently. Gavai and Justice Hrishikesh Roy said that the independence of the Election Commission cannot be compromised at any …

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