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Judiciary's role in selection of CEC: A question of balanceConcerns regarding the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and an election commissioner due to Chief Justice of India's absence ...
Congress is behaving like a cry baby: BJPBJP has accused Congress and Rahul Gandhi of creating controversy over the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner. Union Education ...
SC to hear pleas against CEC, ECs appointments on Feb 19The Supreme Court of India is set to prioritize the hearing on February 19 regarding the legality of the recent appointments of the chief e...
New CEC pick: Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi govt of exacerbating voters' concerns over integrity of poll processRahul Gandhi has criticised the Modi government over the selection process of India's next Chief Election Commissioner, alleging executive ...
Gyanesh Kumar appointed as India's Chief Election CommissionerPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s committee appointed Gyanesh Kumar as the next Chief Election Commissioner, succeeding Rajiv Kumar upon his r...
PM Modi-led panel finalises name of next CEC; announcement expected in 'next few hours'The selection committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recommended the new chief election commissioner (CEC) to President Droupadi...
PM-chaired selection panel to meet early next week to name next Chief Election CommissionerPrime Minister Narendra Modi will lead a selection committee to finalize the next chief election commissioner, with the panel expected to m...
All eyes on SC as India to apply one law for first time to find Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar's replacementThe Supreme Court is set to review the legality of the current law for appointing Election Commissioners, which excludes the Chief Justice ...
PIL in SC challenges new law on appointment of CEC, ECs; seeks 'independent, transparent' systemAdvocate Gopal Singh has approached the Supreme Court challenging a new law that grants extensive powers to the central government in appoi...
PIL in SC seeking to include CJI in selection committee for CEC, EC appointmentIt seeks direction to the Centre to include the Chief Justice of India in the selection committee for the appointment of the CEC and ECs wh...
CEC Bill: Lok Sabha passes bill to regulate service terms of India's Election CommissionThe Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, was pa...
Rajya Sabha passes bill to regulate service terms of CEC and EC amid oppn walkoutThe Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to regulate the appointment and service terms of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Comm...
Bill on EC appointments may not be taken up in this session: SourcesThe bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on August 10. Some former CECs, including N Gopalaswamy, V S Sampa...
Bill takes away SC judge stature of ECs; former commissioners flag demotionFormer CEC N Gopalaswami termed the move as rather ‘unfortunate’ even as he maintained that even if attempted, no one can take away the hig...
BJP CEC meets tomorrow for yearend pollsThe meeting will be attended by all 15 CEC members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, BJ...
No plan to set up collegium to select election commissioners: GovernmentThe government also said that it has no plans as of now to draft a law on selecting the chief election commissioner as well as fellow elect...
Should there be law for collegium-based selection of election commissioners?The original draft Constitution had provided that the chief election commissioner and election commissioners would be appointed by the Pres...