Plea for independent panel to appoint EC members
The Hindu
Govt. appointments to poll body violate Basic Structure of the Constitution, say petitioners
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of an independent collegium to appoint members of the Election Commission. The plea filed by Association for Democratic Reforms, represented by advocates Prashant Bhushan and Cheryl Dsouza, said the practise of government making the appointments to the poll body is a violation of the Basic Structure of the Constitution and creates a dent on free and fair elections in a democracy. The petition said the recommendation to have a neutral collegium to fill up vacancies in the Election Commission have been given by several expert committees, commissions from 1975.More Related News