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The most senior Election Commissioner (EC) has been promoted as CEC so far.
The country can get the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on Monday. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of PM Modi. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader and Leader of Lok Sabha Opposition Rahul Gandhi participated in it.
On the recommendation of this panel, a new CEC will be selected. The term of the current Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar ends on 18 February. At the same time, it is expected that after CEC Rajiv Kumar, the most senior Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar can be made the next Chief Election Commissioner. At the same time, the Congress said that the decision should be taken carefully and fair.
Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar (left to right).
Hearing on petition challenging EC’s appointment on 19 February The Supreme Court will hear the petition challenging the appointment of CEC and EC on February 19. The case was to be heard on 12 February, but the case was not listed. Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan then raised the case in front of the bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice N. Kotishwar Singh.
Prashant had said that CEC Rajiv Kumar is retiring on 18 February. In such a situation, the government can appoint a new CEC, so the court should hear it soon. On this, the court gave the date of February 19 and said that in the meantime, if something happens, it will be subject to the decision of the court, so it is not a matter of concern.
The case is related to petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioner Act, 2023.
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2 March 2023: Supreme Court verdict- It is necessary to include CJI in the selection panel On the appointment of CEC and EC, a 5 -member constitution bench of the Supreme Court said that a panel would appoint Election Commissioners. It will include the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and CJI. Earlier, only the central government used to choose them.
This committee will recommend the names of CEC and EC to the President. After this the President will approve. Then they will be able to be appointed. The court also said that this process will remain in force until the Parliament enacts a law regarding the appointment of Election Commissioners.
21 December 2023: New Bill Pass related to appointment of Election Commissioners
The central government brought a new bill related to the appointment, service, conditions and tenure of CEC and EC. Under this, the Election Commissioners will be appointed as a panel of three members. It will include the Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a Union Cabinet Minister. CJI was excluded from this panel. The bill passed in both houses during the winter session on December 21, 2023.
Opposition had objected to the new law On this law, opposition parties said that the government is weakening it by bringing a bill against the order of the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court. Congress worker Jaya Thakur has filed a petition in the Supreme Court.
The petition said that Section 7 and 8 of the law violates the principle of independent and fair elections as it does not provide independent mechanism for the appointment of Election Commissioners. Amid this dispute, the Center appointed Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu as Election Commissioner in March 2024.
How many commissioners can be in Election Commission No number has been fixed in the Constitution regarding how much the Election Commissioners can be. Article 324 (2) of the Constitution states that the Election Commission may have the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners. It depends on the President how much their number will be. After independence, the Election Commission had only the Chief Election Commissioner in the country.
On 16 October 1989, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s government appointed two more Election Commissioners. This made the Election Commission a multi-member body. These appointments were first made from the 9th general election. At that time it was said that this Chief Election Commissioner was done to cut off on RVS Perry Shastri.
On 2 January 1990, the VP Singh government amended the rules and again made the Election Commission a member body. On October 1, 1993, the PV Narasimha Rao government again approved the appointment of two more Election Commissioners through the ordinance. Since then, the Election Commission has two Election Commissioners with the Chief Election Commissioner.
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