Should the CJI be part of the committee nominating the CEC?
1 year, 7 months ago

Should the CJI be part of the committee nominating the CEC?

The Hindu  

On August 10, the Union government introduced a Bill in the Rajya Sabha that proposed that the selection panel for appointing the Election Commission, comprising the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, will consist of the Prime Minister as the chairperson, the Leader of the Opposition as a member, and a Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the Prime Minister as another member. Rawat: In another judgment in July 2017, when there was no law and the executive used to appoint the CEC and ECs, the Supreme Court observed that although Parliament has not enacted any law for the appointment of the CEC and ECs, the appointments of the CECs and ECs so far have been fair and politically neutral. The CEC is removable through the same procedure as a Supreme Court judge, but other ECs don’t have the same security of tenure. Explained |The Supreme Court’s new rules for the appointment of Election Commissioners by the President O.P.

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DC Edit | Transparency essential to safeguard EC’s autonomy
1 month, 1 week ago

DC Edit | Transparency essential to safeguard EC’s autonomy

Deccan Chronicle  

The President of India’s order appointing election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar as the chief election commissioner of India puts into effect the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, but the midnight communication has not abated the legal challenges mounted against the piece of legislation. It was in 1991 that Parliament passed the Election Commission Act which made it …

SC to hear pleas against CEC, ECs appointments on Feb 19
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1 month, 1 week ago

SC to hear pleas against CEC, ECs appointments on Feb 19

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would on February 19 take up on "priority basis" the pleas against the appointments of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners under the 2023 law.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh was informed by advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for an NGO, that despite the Constitution bench verdict …

Congress targets govt over appointment of new CEC
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1 month, 1 week ago

Congress targets govt over appointment of new CEC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday slammed the government for "hastily" appointing the new chief election commissioner, saying it undermines the spirit of the Constitution and free elections. "The Government's hasty midnight appointment of the new CEC undermines the spirit of our Constitution and free elections. He is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law on the …

How Is Chief Election Commissioner Appointed? CEC Act Explained As Panel To Name Rajiv Kumar's Successor
1 month, 1 week ago

How Is Chief Election Commissioner Appointed? CEC Act Explained As Panel To Name Rajiv Kumar's Successor

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi will meet on Monday to appoint the next Chief Election Commissioner. The Election Commission is a three-member body made up of one Chief Election Commissioner and two Election Commissioners. A selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is tasked to finalise the name of the …

Selection and election: On the appointment of Election Commissioners
1 year 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 …

Congress Leader Moves SC Against Appointment of New CEC, ECs Before Lok Sabha Polls
1 year ago

Congress Leader Moves SC Against Appointment of New CEC, ECs Before Lok Sabha Polls

News 18  

A fresh plea filed in the Supreme Court has sought to restrain the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central government from appointing a Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners. The plea further states that there’s urgency in the matter as Lok Sabha polls might be announced anytime soon and one Election Commissioner– Arun Goel– has already resigned. Appointment Of New ECs …

Supreme Court refuses to stay new law on appointment of CEC, ECs
1 year, 2 months ago

Supreme Court refuses to stay new law on appointment of CEC, ECs

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the operation of the new law providing for appointment of chief election commissioner and election commissioners by a panel that does not include the Chief Justice of India. The new law has provisions to set up a search committee chaired by the Union law minister and two other persons not below the …

Selecting new CEC, ECs: Bill seeks to drop CJI from panel
1 year, 7 months ago

Selecting new CEC, ECs: Bill seeks to drop CJI from panel

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Amid uproar by the Opposition, the Centre on Thursday introduced in the Rajya Sabha a contentious Bill that seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India with a Cabinet minister in the panel for selection of the chief election commissioner and election commissioners. Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal moved the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners Bill …

Bill lists cabinet minister’s inclusion over CJI in panel to appoint CEC, ECs
1 year, 7 months ago

Bill lists cabinet minister’s inclusion over CJI in panel to appoint CEC, ECs

Live Mint  

A bill scheduled for introduction in the Rajya Sabha proposes that a three-member committee led by the prime minister will be responsible for appointing future chief election commissioners and election commissioners. The Supreme Court, in its March ruling, intended to safeguard the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners from any interference by the Executive branch. Before the …

Should Election Commissioners Have Same Protection As CEC? Supreme Court Majority Says No, Justice Ajay Rastogi Says Yes
2 years ago

Should Election Commissioners Have Same Protection As CEC? Supreme Court Majority Says No, Justice Ajay Rastogi Says Yes

Live Law  

In a plea recommending reforms in the process of making appointments to the Election Commission, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that the appointment to the post of the Chief Election Commissioner and the Election Commissioner would be done by a three-member committee till a new law is enacted by the Parliament. The committee would comprise …

Chief Election Commissioner must elected by a committee which includes PM, Leader of Opposition and CJI
2 years ago

Chief Election Commissioner must elected by a committee which includes PM, Leader of Opposition and CJI

Op India  

On March 2, the Supreme Court of India ordered a new format for appointing Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners. Appointment of an Election Commissioner shall be on the recommendation of a committee comprising PM, CJI & Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha: Supreme Court Constitution Bench — ANI March 2, 2023 With this order, the apex court has asked …

Space, not time: The Hindu Editorial on Election Commissioner tenures
2 years, 4 months ago

Space, not time: The Hindu Editorial on Election Commissioner tenures

The Hindu  

The ongoing hearing before a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India on the need to have a neutral mechanism for appointment of Election Commissioners raises important questions on the election body’s functional independence. However, given the Court’s vocal concern about the ECI’s independence, the relevant question now is whether the Commissioners should be appointed on the recommendation of …

Moily, ex-CEC Quraishi support SC observation on appointment of CEC, EC
2 years, 4 months ago

Moily, ex-CEC Quraishi support SC observation on appointment of CEC, EC

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Former Union law minister M Veerappa Moily and ex-chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday supported a consultative mechanism to appoint the CEC and election commissioners, while another former head of the poll panel pushed for a body to appoint judges in the Supreme Court and the high courts. Another CEC, who did not wish to be …

Inclusion Of CJI In Consultative Process For CEC Appointment Will Ensure Independence: SC
2 years, 4 months 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 …

Process To Remove CEC & EC Can’t Be Same : Centre To SC
6 years, 10 months ago

Process To Remove CEC & EC Can’t Be Same : Centre To SC

Live Law  

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that Election Commissioners cannot be on par with Chief Election Commissioners vis-à-vis removal process and rejected a demand for same rules.A lengthy and a layered procedure — impeachment- similar to that for a Supreme Court judge has been laid out for the removal of the CEC while ECs can be removed by the …

Process To Remove CEC & EC Can’t Be Same : Centre To SC
6 years, 10 months ago

Process To Remove CEC & EC Can’t Be Same : Centre To SC

Live Law  

The Centre today told the Supreme Court that Election Commissioners cannot be on par with Chief Election Commissioners vis-à-vis removal process and rejected a demand for same rules.A lengthy and a layered procedure — impeachment- similar to that for a Supreme Court judge has been laid out for the removal of the CEC while ECs can be removed by the …

Election Commission moves Supreme Court, seeks safeguards for its personnel
6 years, 11 months ago

Election Commission moves Supreme Court, seeks safeguards for its personnel

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Election Commission of India has sought an amendment in the Constitutional provisions seeking protection for election commissioners from being removed by the chief election commissioner. In a counter affidavit before the top court, EC has said that the proposed amendment will ensure that both the election commissioners are offered the “same or similar protection under the law”. The …

CEC favours collegium to choose ECs - India TV News
9 years, 9 months ago

CEC favours collegium to choose ECs - India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi favours a collegium type set up to choose the CEC and Election Commissioners who he says should have equal protection under the Constitution in the matter of removal. He was responding to a question on the recent recommendation of the Law Commission that the appointment of Election Commissioners, including the CEC, should be …

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