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Govt bill in Rajya Sabha seeks to drop CJI from panel selecting CEC, ECs

IndiaTimes Thursday, 10 August 2023
The Centre on Thursday introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha proposing a new mechanism to select the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (ECs) — replacing the Chief Justice of India in the three-member selection panel with a Union Cabinet minister — in effect giving the government a decisive say in appointments to the poll body.
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