GENERAL25 Sept 2026
Plea in SC challenges CEC calls taken without concurrence of panel members
A plea in the Supreme Court challenges decisions and software changes made by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar without the agreement of the two other Election Commissioners. The petitioner says this breaks the rule that the full commission must decide together, and wants criminal proceedings for breach of official duty. He asks the court to declare such decisions void.
Key Statutory Highlights
- Advocate Shailendra Mani Tripathi filed the plea in the Supreme Court through advocate Chand Qureshi.
- The petitioner relies on Section 18 of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Act, 2023, which says the majority view prevails.
- Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi recorded written objections to several decisions taken in the name of the three-member Election Commission.
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