When CJI in selection panel for CBI Director, why no independent member for selection of CEC, ECs, SC asks Centre
"It is not sufficient that the Commission is independent. It must appear to be independent also,” the Bench said.
"It is not sufficient that the Commission is independent. It must appear to be independent also,” the Bench said.
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday observed that it is for the Parliament to enact a law governing the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners, and that courts cannot direct the legislature on what kind of law it should make.
The first phase covered 152 Assembly Constituencies spread across 16 districts of the state.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar visited the revered Kalighat Kali Temple on Monday morning, where he offered prayers and sought divine blessings for the well-being of the people of West Bengal.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday rejected the police complaints filed against Gyanesh Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and) Manoj Agarwal, West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), in connection with deaths of voters who had been summoned for hearing under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.
The system is likely to intensify on Thursday evening or Friday morning, a CEC bulletin said, adding that it is expected to move in a northwesterly direction towards Jharkhand and north Chhattisgarh.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar has reaffirmed the role of the Election Commission of India in capacity building programmes for election management bodies (EMB) of countries around the globe.
As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen and improve the electoral process in the country, officials from the Election Commission of India (ECI) met with the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday.
The Opposition BRS has sent a lengthy representation to the members of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Union Environment Ministry accusing the state government of violating several central and state forest laws while felling trees on the 400 acres of land of Kancha Gachibowli
The BJP on Sunday announced the names of three candidates for the Maharashtra Legislative Council by-elections scheduled for March 27.
