New Delhi, 21/3: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed pleas against the appointment of two new election commissioners by a Selection Committee, without the Chief Justice of India, as per the law enacted in 2023, while saying the manner in which the government went about expediting the appointments was “unnecessary and avoidable”.
“We cannot stay the legislation now and this will only lead to chaos and uncertainty. Even the leader of largest opposition party is a member of this committee,” a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta said.