Centre defends in Supreme Court appointment of 2 new ECs under new rules

The decision comes days after the Supreme Court refused to stay the appointments of new election commissioners (ECs) under a 2023 law that excluded the chief justice of India from the selection panel.

A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna, Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih had told the petitioners, who pointed out that a meeting for the selection of ECs was preponed, to file a separate application pointing out the fact.

Refusing to stay the appointments made in accordance with the 2023 law, the bench said, “Normally and generally, we do not stay a law by way of an interim order.”