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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 ...
SC issues notice to Centre on pleas against appointment of CEC, ECsThe Supreme Court, however, has chosen not to stay the operation of the Election Commissioners Act, 2023, at this juncture. This decision s...
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...
President gives assent to bill for appointment of CEC, ECsPresident Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to a bill aimed at appointing Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners. T...
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...
Upper House passes bill on appointing CEC and ECsThe Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to regulate the appointment and service terms of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Comm...
Bill restores SC Judge status of ECs; gives litigation shieldSeveral ex-CECs had termed as 'retrograde', the Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, ...
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 to appoint CEC, ECs moved in RS; Cong claims bill 'subjugates' poll body to executiveThe government introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha to regulate the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners' appointments an...
Winter Session: Govt likely to move bill to regulate appointment of CEC and other members of commissionThe primary objective of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners Bill, 2023, is to establish a framework for the a...
Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha to hold maiden sittings in new Parliament building on TuesdayVice President Jagdeep Dhankar, the prime minister, Speaker Om Birla, leader of the Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal, leader of the Opposition in t...
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...
Govt likely to emphasise EC stature same as SC judgesThe Indian government is considering ways to ensure that the status of the chief election commissioner remains equivalent to that of Suprem...
Special discussion on Parliament's 75-year journey on first day of upcoming sessionDuring the session, the government has also listed the bill on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other election commis...
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...
Bill on EC appointments gives power to PM-led panel to consider names beyond those recommended by Search CommitteeAccording to section 8 (2) of the proposed law, the Selection Committee may also consider any other person than those included in the panel...
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal defends bill to appoint CEC, ECsLaw Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has defended the bill which proposes that the Chief Justice of India does not take part in the panel for sel...
Modi govt wants to ensure 'control' over EC in poll year: Congress"'In order to allow independence in the functioning of the Election Commission as a Constitutional body, the office of Chief Election Commi...
Bill to replace CJI with cabinet minister in panel to select CEC, ECs tabled in Rajya Sabha; Opposition protestsRajya Sabha Chairman expresses hope of a deal between Treasury & Opposition benches on holding a discussion on Manipur.
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...