Supreme Court says won’t defer hearing on CJI’s exclusion from panel to pick CEC

New Delhi, 6/5: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to accede to the Centre’s request to adjourn the hearing on pleas challenging the constitutional validity of a 2023 law that removed the CJI from a committee responsible for appointing the chief election commission.

A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant is currently hearing petitions regarding discrimination against women at religious sites, including the Sabarimala temple in Kerala.