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SC fixes April 16 for hearing pleas against appointment of CEC, ECs under 2023 law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed April 16 for hearing a batch of pleas challenging the appointment of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (EC) under the 2023…
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SC rejects plea for stay on appointment of new election commissioners
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed applications seeking a stay on the appointment of two new election commissioners. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said it will…
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Gyanesh Kumar, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu take charge as Election Commissioners
New Delhi: Newly appointed Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu took charge of the office on Friday at the ECI headquarters here. CEC Rajiv Kumar welcomed the two newly-appointed Election…
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Newly appointed Election Commissioners to take charge today
New Delhi: Newly appointed Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will take charge of the office on Friday. Earlier, a notification for the appointment of the two Election Commissioners was…
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Row over appointment of EC: SC to hear plea of NGO on Friday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on March 15 a plea of an NGO challenging the exclusion of the Chief Justice of India from a panel meant for…
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Centre tables bill to regulate Election Commissioners’ appointment in RS
New Delhi: The government on Thursday introduced in the Rajya Sabha a contentious bill that seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India with a cabinet minister in the panel for selection…
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Kejriwal slams PM Modi on bill on appointments of CEC, ECs
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a bill that seeks to regulate the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners, claiming…
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SC mystified by Arun Goel’s voluntary retirement just before appointment as EC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was mystified as to how bureaucrat Arun Goel applied for voluntary retirement on November 18 last year if he was not aware about…
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‘Can’t be a pliable EC’: SC rules panel of PM, LoP, CJI for appointment of CEC, ECs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that appointment to the posts of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and the Election Commissioners (EC) should be done by the President on the advice…
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‘Extremely Compromised EC’ can now become ‘Extremely Competent EC’: TMC MP
New Delhi: The “Extremely Compromised EC” can now become “Extremely Competent EC”, TMC MP Derek O’Brien said on Thursday, reacting to a Supreme Court ruling on the appointments of the Chief Election…
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SC verdict on pleas for independent mechanism to appoint ECs on Thursday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on Thursday on a batch of petitions seeking a collegium-like system for the appointment of Election Commissioners (ECs) and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).…
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Centre says no need to interfere in EC appointment process, SC reserves judgment
New Delhi: Attorney General R. Venkataramani on Thursday told the Supreme Court that if it were to begin to doubt every step taken by the government in the process of appointment of…
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Ex law min Moily, ex CEC Quraishi support SC observation on CEC, EC appointment
New Delhi: Former Union law minister M Veerappa Moily and ex-chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi on Wednesday supported a consultative mechanism to appoint the CEC and election commissioners, while another former…
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Silences of the Constitution being exploited by all’: SC on appointment of CECs, ECs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) heads an institution, though with his truncated tenure, he cannot do anything substantial and added that “silences of the…
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India has 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100: CEC Rajiv Kumar
Pune: There are 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100 in India, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday. Besides, 1.80 crore voters are over 80 years of age, Kumar said after…
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