Top court refuses to stay new ECs’ appointment

The court will hear the matter on March 21.

By: Express News Service
New Delhi | Updated: March 16, 2024 04:56 AM IST

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Following the disqualification of the rebels, the effective strength of the House has gone down to 62 from 68, while the number of Congress MLAs has shrunk to 34 from 40. (Fille Photo)

The Supreme Court Friday declined to stay the appointment of two new Election Commissioners under a 2023 law that excluded the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel.

Hearing petitions challenging the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, a three-judge bench presided by Justice Sanjiv Khanna pointed out that “the matter had come up twice” before the court which had “on both occasions…pointed out that normally we do not stay by an interim order, a legislation.”