New Delhi, 19 February (IANS). The Supreme Court will hear the petitions challenging the appointment process of the Chief Election Commissioner on Wednesday. This petition has been filed by several organizations including the Association for Democratic Reforms. Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan will present his side on behalf of the petitioner.
The petition said that the instructions given by the Constitution Bench in 2023 were not followed. The Constitution Bench had directed that the Chief Election Commissioner would be appointed by a selection committee. This committee will also include the Chief Justice.
It is noteworthy that the three -member committee selecting the CEC is the Prime Minister, while a cabinet minister (currently Union Home Minister Amit Shah) and the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha are its other members. Earlier, the Chief Justice of India was its members in place of the cabinet minister, but the structure of the committee was changed in 2023.
Let us know that on 17 February, Election Commissioner Dnyanesh Kumar was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). The Law Ministry had issued a notification in this regard.
Haryana Chief Secretary Vivek Joshi was appointed Election Commissioner after the promotion of Gyanesh Kumar. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, who was appointed as Election Commissioner with Gyanesh Kumar, will continue in his post.
At the same time, on February 18, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned the appointment of Gyanesh Kumar as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He described this appointment as derogatory and wrong.
Being the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, who was in a three -member committee, wrote in a post on the social media platform X that in the meeting of the committee for the selection of the next Election Commissioner, he handed over an disagreement to the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister. It said that the process of selection of Election Commissioner and Chief Election Commissioner should be independent, so that there is no executive intervention on the Election Commission.
He had said that the steps taken by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister removing the Chief Justice of India from the Selection Committee and disregarding the order of the Supreme Court is going to increase the concern of crores of Indian voters, which raises questions on the fairness of the election process. goes.
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