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Chief Election Commissioner, election commissioners to be appointed by a panel of PM, CJI and leader of opposition: Supreme Court | India News
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed the the present system of appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and the election commissioners and ruled that a panel of Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India and the leader of opposition will make these appointments.
A five-judge constitution bench in a unanimous verdict agreed with the plea that the process of appointment of CEC and ECs should be done like that of the CBI director to make the commission more independent and to prevent any kind of interference in its functioning.
“Purity of election process must be maintained to preserve democracy otherwise it would lead to disastrous consequences,” the top court said.
Founding fathers of the Constitution left it for Parliament to frame law for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and ECs but political dispensations betrayed the trust and the law has not framed in the last seven decades, the top court said.
A five-judge constitution bench in a unanimous verdict agreed with the plea that the process of appointment of CEC and ECs should be done like that of the CBI director to make the commission more independent and to prevent any kind of interference in its functioning.
“Purity of election process must be maintained to preserve democracy otherwise it would lead to disastrous consequences,” the top court said.
Founding fathers of the Constitution left it for Parliament to frame law for appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and ECs but political dispensations betrayed the trust and the law has not framed in the last seven decades, the top court said.
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