Statutory Organisations

SC to Examine the Process of Removal of ECs

The Supreme Court on December 1 2017, sought assistance of attorney general on a PIL seeking to insulate the Election Commission from executive influence by making removal of Election Commissioners (EC) as difficult as that of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).

The Petition

  • The Government has not been able to take legislative steps to grant parity in removal procedure for the CEC and ECs.
  • The CEC can be removed from office for misconduct through a process applicable to removal of Supreme Court judges, that is by passing a removal motion by two-third majority- ....
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